Scientists fear radio telescope may be shut in cuts
The site is part of e-MERLIN, a globally significant group of seven radio telescopes across the UK.
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"There's a real concern that the researchers that use those radio telescopes will be the people that get the chop."
— Helen Morgan , Politician
"[This is] where the ground-breaking research into nuclear physics and things that have proper application in the real world comes from."
— Helen Morgan , Politician
"the cuts could be as high £162m, roughly 30% of particle physics, astronomy and nuclear physics research."
— Prof Brian Cox , Academic
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The site is part of e-MERLIN, a globally significant group of seven radio telescopes across the UK.
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