Marling School and Stroud High School sixth form students have been showing off their expertise of all things atomic as part of a chemical engineering project.

Having worked in small groups to collect data on nuclear processes, gained during practical experiments carried out over the last three weeks, they presented findings to a representative from Horizon Nuclear Power on Thursday, June 14.

Ben Salisbury, lead nuclear steam supply system engineer at Horizon, gave a talk on career pathways into STEM (science, technology and engineering) before judging the projects and awarding a prize to the winning groups of students.

Dr Catherine Harris, Teacher of Chemistry, said: “We have been running this project for a number of years now and the work presented this year was over and above A-level and into degree standard.

“The presentations were all very different in style and it was such a close competition that there were two joint winning teams.

“The students were really inspired listening to Ben’s experience of working in the nuclear energy business and how the project work that they have been doing relates to his day-to-day job and the running of a nuclear power station.”