The
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (
RAL) is one of the national scientific research laboratories in the UK operated by the
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC). It is located on the
Harwell Science and Innovation Campus at
Chilton near
Didcot in
Oxfordshire,
United Kingdom. It has a staff of approximately 1,200 people who support the work of over 10,000 scientists and engineers, chiefly from the university research community. The laboratory's programme is designed to deliver trained manpower and economic growth for the UK as the result of achievements in science.