Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils

The Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (CCLRC or CLRC) is a UK government body that carries out civil research in science and engineering.

It employs about 1700 staff at three locations:

• Chilbolton Observatory, near Stockbridge in Hampshire
• Daresbury Laboratory. at Daresbury in Lancashire
• Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, near Abingdon in Oxfordshire

Diamond, a new synchrotron light source, is being built on the Rutherford Appleton site. Funded by CCLRC and the Wellcome Trust, it is due to open in 2006.

External links

• CCLRC
• Diamond