50 Years of Nuclear Physics at Battersea and Surrey

Professor Ron Johnson

Dept of Physics

University of Surrey

50 Years of Nuclear Physics at Battersea and Surrey

1.The present situation

2. Back to 1958

3. Some key CNRP features

3.Concluding remarks

Centre for Nuclear and Radiation Physics

Group Leader: Prof W. N. Catford 12.5 academics including 5 professors, plus 3 Emeritus

professors, 9 postdocs and 52 PhD students. Internationally leading research.

Turnover of between 7 and 8 million pounds per year.

Theoretical and experimental Nuclear Structure research, theoretical Hadron Physics, Applied Nuclear Physics in medicine, imaging and materials characterization.

The Centre has recently (June 2008) appointed 2 new lecturers in

applied radiation physics.

2 MSc Courses in Medical Physics and Radiation and Environmental Protection. New MSc course in Radiation Detection and Instrumentation 2008

Battersea in the 1960s

Nuclear PhysicsTheoretical

Professor Lewis Elton at Battersea

Professor Elton Lecturing at Battersea

Professor Daphne Jackson 1936-1991