Ministerial visit as nuclear site set to expand

Published
20 June 2025

The UK’s nuclear weapons centre in Berkshire is providing security for “generations to come”, the defence secretary has said.

John Healey visited the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) at Aldermaston to mark its 75th anniversary.

The site is part of the Defence Nuclear Enterprise (DNE) – the partnership of organisations that operate, maintain and develop the UK’s nuclear deterrent.

The recent Strategic Defence Review included £15bn spending on the nuclear warhead programme. More than 1,500 jobs have been created at the Aldermaston site in the past year, the government has said.