Projects
The University of Manchester fosters and promotes cross-disciplinary research in the domain of nuclear and the social sciences. The Beam was founded to make visible the work the University is undertaking in this area, as well as to provide a space for others to share their activities.
Publications
See publications from The Beam team
Repetition and Sustainability
Exploring entanglements and tensions that arise between ‘the repetitive’ and ‘the sustainable’ in nuclear discourse
Policy environment for small modular reactors
Visiting expert Professor Jeremy Rayner will include the UK in an international comparison study
Nuclear Science and Engineering as Social Practice
The Beam launches interdisciplinary postgraduate module
Seminar series: Making the unknown knowable
Online seminar series exploring the ways in which the unknown is rendered knowable
The Beam mini-lecture series
The Beam invites you to visit a short series of mini-lectures exploring ‘Nuclear Science and Engineering as Social Practice’
BNFL National Stakeholder Dialogue
The BNFL National Stakeholder Dialogue was the biggest nuclear stakeholder dialogue exercise in the UK, and probably in the world.
Social research is key focus for new geological disposal research support office
£2.5m collaborative venture is launched to support research into safe geological disposal
Nuclear System Assessment
What are the attributes of a nuclear energy system which would justify investment in its future development with a view to deployment in the UK?
Artistic exploration for Sellafield’s future
The Beam visits ‘x=2140’, a fascinating exhibition born from the Sellafield site futures project.