Walton Institute honours Waterford Nobel laureate

Named after renowned physicist Dr Ernest Walton  who was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1951 for being the first to split the atom artificially

Ernest Walton being awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1951 for being the first to split the atom artificially.

 A Waterford-born Nobel laureate has been honoured in the county with the founding of the new Walton Institute.

The first of its kind in the South East, it is named after renowned physicist Dr Ernest Walton, born in Dungarvan, who was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1951 for being the first to split the atom artificially.