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What do you need to know?
Working with fact, fiction, public perception, official information and occasional humour, The Nuclear Information Centre (NIC) is a deliberately quasi-official sounding organisation and nomadic visitor centre, established in 2022 by artist Nic Pehkonen as a partially depersonalised yet creatively fertile space through which to share his practice. At a time when talk of a so-called new nuclear golden age is running in parallel with the challenge of managing our existing atomic legacies and ongoing geo-political nuclear tensions, the overriding aim of the NIC is to keep a curious and critical eye on the UK’s past, present and future atomic activities within the wider context of our cumulative, global nuclear footprint. What else do you need to know?
Although the NIC is primarily a vehicle through which to share personal research and creative output it is also very much open to potential collaborative working so if this is something you feel you might like to explore, please contact Nic in the first instance through Nuclear Information Centre enquiries.
You may also observe NIC activities on Instagram, Vimeo and Soundcloud.
Nuclear Information Centre News: forthcoming exhibition
Nic Pehkonen and Aimee Lax
Nuclear Waste: Myth, Matter and Time
Michael Pennie Gallery, Bath Spa University (Locksbrook Campus)
November 13-27.
Through installation, drawing, film and speculative objects, Nuclear Waste: Myth, Matter and Time examines the currently favoured geological disposal system for home-grown high activity waste within the wider context of our cumulative, global nuclear footprint.
With specific reference to the UK’s still unresolved Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) programme and the recently completed Onkalo repository in Finland as it works to receive its very first waste consignments, the exhibition explores deep time, environmental responsibility and imagined futures whilst drawing attention to some of the key materials associated with geological disposal, including copper and bentonite.
Information last updated - Sat 05 Sep 2026