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The Nuclear Information Service Annual Report for 2012 gives a summary of the research and education work we have carried out over the year.  As always, the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE), which is where the UK's nuclear weapons are manufactured, was an important focus of our work.  We commissioned a detailed study into emergency planning arrangements at AWE sites and also published a report scrutinising the working of the AWE Local Liaison Committee which made a number of recommendations for improving the effectiveness of the Committee's work.

2011 was another busy year for Nuclear Information Service, and we have continued to make good progress in our programmes for undertaking high quality research and advocacy work and for developing as an organisation.

As usual, much of our work during the year focused on the scrutiny of operations at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) and its sites at Aldermaston and Burghfield where the UKs nuclear weapons are designed and made, as well as the broader UK nuclear weapons programme.

Our annual report for 2010 gives a summary of the research and education work we have carried out over the year.

As usual, much of our work over the year focused on the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE). Planning applications for the 'Pegasus' enriched uranium facility and 'Hydrus' hydrodynamics facility were submitted by AWE during the year, and NIS helped in providing background information on the two developments and in advising the general public on how to have their say on the planning applications.

Our services were also in demand by the media following a fire in the explosives area at AWE Aldermaston in August.

The Nuclear Information Service Annual Report for 2009 gives a summary of the research, education, and campaign work we have carried out over the year. One of last year's highlights was the publication of our study 'A Replacement for Trident: Can We Afford It?' which analysed the costs and affordability of a new nuclear weapons programme an issue which has been hotly contested as part of the General Election campaign.