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Top 25 Nuclear research and development companies based in the United Kingdom

RevenueBase identified 64 nuclear research and development companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 7,577 professional contacts across them, including 2,809 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers nuclear research and development companies headquartered in the United Kingdom, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 15, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

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The 25 largest nuclear research and development companies based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 64 nuclear research and development companies based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 15, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to nuclear research and development companies: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
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1Partial evidenceReading, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 20265,001-10,0001,775 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Our purpose is to protect the UK through nuclear science and technology, and our mission is to design and manufacture warheads and provide nuclear services to meet the needs of…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
2Partial evidenceBirchwood, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 20265,001-10,0001,592 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Cavendish Nuclear is a core part of Babcock International Group’s Nuclear Sector.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
3Partial evidenceWarrington, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 20261,001-5,000830 contacts →

Partial evidence

“As the UK’s lead civil national laboratory for nuclear fission, we work closely with Government to drive forward the nation’s nuclear ambitions.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
4Indirect evidenceChester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 2026501-1,000352 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Urenco Capenhurst is the Cheshire base for three Urenco companies.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
5Partial evidenceChorley, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 2026501-1,000297 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We support our clients by delivering safe, practical and efficient solutions to complex nuclear challenges, with a strong focus on disposability.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
6Indirect evidenceBristol, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 2026201-500181 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
7Partial evidenceYarnton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 202651-20084 contacts →

Partial evidence

“First Light Fusion Ltd is a lean, focused and agile corporation researching energy generation by inertial fusion energy (IFE).”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
8Strong evidenceAbingdon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 202651-20080 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Orano transforms nuclear materials so that they can be used to support the development of society, first and foremost in the field of energy.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
9Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 202611-5049 contacts →

Strong evidence

“CORE POWER is a UK-based development company, specializing in scalable new nuclear for ocean transport and heavy industry.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
10Partial evidenceTwyford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 202651-20035 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Cyclife Aquila Nuclear has now merged with Cyclife UK Ltd to bring together our complementary expertise and strong industry reputations to form a single, unified UK entity.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
11Partial evidenceWorkington, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 202611-5033 contacts →

Partial evidence

“CORE Nuclear Solutions is a specialist nuclear remote engineering SME based at Lillyhall in Workington.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
12Indirect evidenceBristol, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 202611-5024 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Based in Bristol, UK, Astral Systems was founded in 2021.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
13Partial evidenceWarrington, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 20261,001-5,00023 contacts →

Partial evidence

“As the UK’s national laboratory for nuclear fission, NNL is harnessing nuclear science to help solve some of the world’s biggest challenges.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
14Indirect evidenceBradwell, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 202611-5018 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“NE Components Ltd continues the legacy of Newburgh Engineering.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
15Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 202651-20018 contacts →

Partial evidence

“TRX is a leading nuclear recruitment company with a core focus on helping shape and implement a zero-carbon future.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
16Partial evidenceShanklin, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 202611-5015 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Innovative Physics (IPL) research, design and develop leading edge instrumentation for the radiation monitoring market.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
17Strong evidenceRotherham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 202651-20010 contacts →

Strong evidence

“The Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre helps UK manufacturers win work in the nuclear power sector.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
18Indirect evidenceNorthampton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 20261-107 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Equilibrion is a young, ambitious firm set up for one purpose.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
19Indirect evidenceBury, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 20261-106 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“John Caunt Scientific manufacture specialist and bespoke radiation detection and measurement equipment.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
20Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 20261-103 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“WHAT DO WE DO?”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
21Partial evidenceDorchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 20261-103 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Market Cross UK Limited is a Nuclear Safety and Engineering Consultancy wholly owned by its Members.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
22Partial evidenceReading, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 202611-502 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Founded in 1987, ANTECH is an independent provider of custom equipment, measurement services and technical expertise to the nuclear industry.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
23Indirect evidenceBromborough, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 20261-102 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
24Indirect evidenceHullbridge, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 20261-102 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Acelocal Ltd.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
25Partial evidenceGlasgow, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 20261-101 contacts →

Partial evidence

Nuclear CC is a nuclear compliance and capability organisation based in Scotland.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026

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Nuclear research and development companies based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 15, 2026
37.1%Verified-email coverage
118.4Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
20.3%Largest-city concentration · London
Sep 15, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
27
11-50
14
51-200
8
201-500
5
501-1,000
4
1,001-5,000
4
5,001-10,000
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Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 64 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among nuclear research and development companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “nuclear research and development companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names nuclear research and development companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among nuclear research and development companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Kingdom are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 2,809 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 15, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names nuclear research and development companies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many nuclear research and development companies are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 64 nuclear research and development companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

AWE, headquartered in Reading, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most nuclear research and development companies?

London leads with 13 headquartered companies, followed by Bristol (4) and Glasgow (3).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 2,809 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 64 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 15, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.