UK testing facilities
RAICo1 Robotics and AI Collaboration Facility
UKAEA / National Nuclear Laboratory / University of Manchester collaboration
Whitehaven, Cumbria, England
Access: Conditional
Testing capabilities
- Inspection and failure analysis
- Functional and integrated-system testing
- Environmental testing—unspecified
Services
Collaborative R&D and testing of robotics and artificial-intelligence systems for nuclear decommissioning and fusion engineering; remote handling, inspection and deployment trials in representative environments.
Equipment
UKAEA identifies RAICo1 as a collaborative R&D and testing facility in Whitehaven but the current operator page does not publish a named equipment inventory or numeric limits.
Standards
No accreditation or test standards stated on the cited operator page.
Contact
Email: enquiries@raico.org; Named contact: Dr Salvador Pacheco-Gutierrez (Head of RAICo Technology; 2025 official article, current role unverified)
Approximate location
Whitehaven · Town location