The AWE atomic bomb factory in Aldermaston is building a centre for research labs. The creation of a replacement facility, known as the HUB, is 42,785m2 and comprises a covered street providing access to laboratories, offices, storage, workshops and training together with a separate calibration building. The vast development is part of a wider masterplan to redevelop the site. The existing site buildings have developed over 70 years, since the foundation of the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment in 1950. It is responsible for the entire life cycle of nuclear warheads. In 2005 the government…