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Viridian wins Game Changer challenge

We are delighted to have been successful in an advanced nuclear technology challenge supported by the pilot Advanced Nuclear Skills and Innovation Campus (ANSIC) delivered by the National Nuclear Laboratory and FIS360 Ltd.

  • Posted On: 13 December 2021
Viridian wins Game Changer challenge Viridian’s feasibility project seeks to address ‘the irradiation of material specimens including test specimens and/or the production of medical isotopes in advanced nuclear reactors to enable activities typically carried out in research reactors to be conducted within nuclear reactors without affecting primary reactor operations for power generation.’ 'A first-of-its-kind programme for the nuclear sector, ANSIC will bring together experts in industry and academia to...
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We're in partnership with Mott MacDonald on the 'Low Level Waste Repository (LLWR) Waste Characterisation Services framework”

The framework provides access to expert characterisation services for LLW Repository Ltd Waste Management Services customers

  • Posted On: 10 September 2021
We're in partnership with Mott MacDonald on the 'Low Level Waste Repository (LLWR) Waste Characterisation Services framework” The contract has an estimated value of £14 million over a period of four years and the scope will include consultation, sampling, analysis, interpretation, waste routing and measurement. Viridian is part of a team offering the knowledge and capability to take samples at sites using suitable sampling methodologies and techniques that take into account the nuclide contamination and the desired analytical output; the ability to deploy in radiologically controlled areas and to take...
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Another successful collaboration with Sellafield Ltd

This week we demonstrated ViridiScope on our wall-climbing platform

  • Posted On: 29 July 2021
Another successful collaboration with Sellafield Ltd Chris Ballard, Robotics & Artificial Intelligence Manager at Sellafield Ltd posted on LinkedIn: ‘Great to see the collaborative demonstration today of IAIN, the wall-climbing robot platform, showcasing the capabilities of the ‘Viridiscope’ laser sampler. This has been due to the efforts of Kym Jarvis and her team at Viridian, this project has been developed in collaboration with Innovate UK and Sellafield Ltd with support from the central robotics and AI capability and...
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Laser sampling for asbestos

Sampling with a laser offers safer, faster and cleaner asbestos testing

  • Posted On: 17 May 2021
Laser sampling for asbestos Viridian Consultants is an award-winning innovation company, with a long history of working with the nuclear sector which has now turned its attention to asbestos. The team has been evaluating its laser technology on ACMs such as asbestos cement and AIB to see whether asbestos fibres can be collected using their sampling tool, ViridiScope. Over the past seven years the company has been developing the laser sampler for concrete and other radioactively contaminated materials in nuclear...
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Viridian joins Cavendish Nuclear to support POCO at Sellafield Ltd

Viridian is one of six supply chain partners working with Cavendish Nuclear on a three-year contract to provide Radiometric Characterisation Services to Sellafield

  • Posted On: 29 April 2021
Viridian joins Cavendish Nuclear to support POCO at Sellafield Ltd Cavendish Nuclear has been awarded a £2.4M contract to deliver Radiometric Characterisation Services (RCS) to Sellafield Ltd. Commencing this month, the three-year RCS framework will focus on supporting the Post Operational Clean Out (POCO) of redundant facilities to ensure that they can transition from operations, to surveillance and maintenance, and eventually decommissioning, in the safest, most effective way.  Cavendish Nuclear, working in partnership with the Sellafield Ltd...
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