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Remote training and ViridiScope

Online training courses are fine for desk-based learning but what happens when we want to demonstrate operation of equipment, explain details of applications and emphasise safety precautions?

  • Posted On: 1 October 2024
Remote training and ViridiScope Use of pre-recorded videos are useful for aspects of practical training, but they don’t allow the user to ask specific questions or request further clarification during the demonstration.  At Viridian we have found that remote training can be a very effective tool. Today we are training a technologist in Canada on the operation of ViridiScope. The training covers the usual introductory talks around safety and operational procedures, then our engineer demonstrates the procedure...
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Viridian invited to share our success story

We were at a Buckinghamshire Business First workshop this month.

  • Posted On: 20 September 2024
Viridian invited to share our success story Kym was sharing our story with other business leaders keen to hear how we were successful in gaining support for development of the company. Her session in the morning was entitled 'Leveraging Innovate UK Business Connect' and in the afternoon she presented 'Top Tips – Grant preparation and application techniques' with Emma Fadlon, Investment Projects Lead and Programme Director CyberASAP, Innovate UK. One top tip: get advice on how to present your business case - not...
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Project managers want to know how easy it is to use ViridiScope as part of their characterisation toolkit

Perhaps we should ask the people who have used our sampling tool on site

  • Posted On: 28 June 2024
Project managers want to know how easy it is to use ViridiScope as part of their characterisation toolkit Our training session lasts just three hours before we are able to designate a site sampling team fully competent to start work. Feedback we have received from them, and associated health & safety teams, include ‘very light and easy to use’, ‘no noise, so no need for ear defenders’, ‘no dust contamination’, ‘shorter sampling time meant reduced exposure’.  If you would like more information, a demonstration or simply to have a chat,...
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Shh... can you hear ViridiScope at work?

A major advantage of our sampling tool – it is very quiet

  • Posted On: 28 May 2024
Shh... can you hear ViridiScope at work? In fact, sampling with ViridiScope is so quiet, it does not require the user to wear ear defenders and workers can communicate without shouting. Other means of sampling, such as drilling and scraping, require noisy power tools, creating not only dust but a great deal of noise. Busy decommissioning nuclear sites are accustomed to the sound of hammering and drilling, but surveying work carried out in buildings, such as laboratories that are still in use, can cause significant disturbance to...
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Sampling a painted surface for alpha contamination

A client asked whether ViridiScope could sample through paint and into the contaminated concrete underneath.

  • Posted On: 25 March 2024
Sampling a painted surface for alpha contamination It is sometimes the case in legacy buildings, where radioactive contamination has occurred, that walls or other surfaces have been painted over to reduce exposure from alpha emitters such as plutonium. This means that the usual monitoring tools will not reflect the true nature of the hidden activity. If the area is to be characterised, samples must be removed from below the paint layer for analysis. We showed that our laser sampler can penetrate through paint and into the surface below,...
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