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Another award for Kym: Surrey’s STEM Woman of the Year

Kym Jarvis has been named ‘2017 STEM Woman of the Year’ by Surrey Chamber of Commerce. She was presented with the award at a special International Women’s Day event at the University of Surrey. Kym says she is surprised and honoured to receive the award which recognises her scientific achievements.

  • Posted On: 10 March 2017
Another award for Kym: Surrey’s STEM Woman of the Year The venue for the ceremony was particularly fitting since Kym began her career in development of innovative analytical tools at the University of Surrey as part of the team that developed inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry – an instrument that is now considered an essential tool in laboratories across the world.

Winners of the EDF Energy Pulse Award for 'Inpection of nuclear generation assets'

Team Viridian are beaming after showcasing ViridiScope at the EDF Energy Pulse awards Innovators' day.

  • Posted On: 18 February 2017
Winners of the EDF Energy Pulse Award for 'Inpection of nuclear generation assets'
Team Viridian are beaming after showcasing ViridiScope at the EDF Energy Pulse awards Innovators' day. We were particularly pleased to explain how it works to the CEO of EDF Energy, Vincent de Rivaz. All three of us were on stage to receive the very special trophy!

An opportunity to join the team!

Viridian Consultants is looking to appoint a field engineer to support trials of our sampling tool, ViridiScope, on nuclear decommissioning sites in the UK

  • Posted On: 14 February 2017
An opportunity to join the team! This is a one year appointment starting on 1st April 2017. The first six months will be spent in training, assembling the tools, testing the equipment and becoming familiar with its operation at our facility in N Wales prior to deployment on nuclear sites. There will be the opportunity to gain an understanding of the business sector and make the necessary contacts to gain security clearance for access to the sites. For the second six months of the contract, the engineer will be working on...

Kingston University highlights Kym's success in winning a 'Women in Innovation' award.

An innovative new tool that could help revolutionise the clean-up process at decommissioning nuclear power sites has been developed by a Kingston University research associate, Professor Kym Jarvis

  • Posted On: 8 January 2017

Viridian Consultants win prestigious EDF Energy Pulse award

Viridian is overall winner in the EDF Energy competition aimed at finding new ways of inspecting and monitoring its UK nuclear power plants

  • Posted On: 6 December 2016
  The EDF Energy Pulse awards promote innovation and contributes to the developments of the future.  Their goal is to showcase and provide tangible support to start-ups that are helping to shape that future.  The French state-owned utility operates 14 advanced gas-cooled reactors (AGRs), which provide about 18% of the UK's electricity.  In a statement, EDF Energy said it has designed its R & D programme to show how it will extend the operating periods of their...

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