Relevant Date Details
December 2010Diamond 2010 Conference (MOSI, Manchester)
(Meeting Postponed from September to December 2010)
November 2009Nuclear Training Course (Royal Armouries, Leeds)
August 2009Diamond 2009 Conference
January 2009Friday 23rd, first Industrial Steering Committee to be held at Weetwood Hall, Leeds. For more information please contact Jim Young (j.young@leeds.ac.uk )
September 2008Industrial roadshow events to promote the consortium and research programme. Attended by over 25 companies within the nuclear industry
July 2008Recruitment of 28 PhD students and 7 postdoctoral researchers (on-going)
July 2008Official starting date for DIAMOND programme
June 2008“Kick-off meeting” between all 50 DIAMOND academic members
March 2008 DIAMOND consortium informed that funding of £4.3M over 4 years is secured
October 2007Proposal submitted to Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
August 2007DIAMOND consortium formed from Leeds, Loughborough, University College London, Manchester, Imperial College London and Sheffield. Principal investigator to be Simon Biggs (Leeds)
August 2007Call for proposals from consortia in “Nuclear Waste Management and Decommissioning”