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Definitely safer, cleaner and faster!

Our third trial of ViridiScope is very different to the previous deployments.

  • Posted On: 2 March 2018
Definitely safer, cleaner and faster!

We are characterising  a concrete core by moving the laser sampler slowly around its circumference so our samples can be taken straight to the counting equipment in their pods. Much safer, cleaner and faster than the traditional approach of sawing the core into slices before grinding them into a powder.

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Fetch more pods!

Our engineers have been busy constructing our sampling pods ready for use at our second operational nuclear site.

  • Posted On: 23 February 2018
Fetch more pods! This deployment involves the systematic characterisation of a large floor area that will result in over a hundred concrete samples being collected and counted in just five short working days for alpha activity close to and below background. We will be returning after a few months to deploy an ROV to sample inaccessible areas.
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Successful start – despite the weather!

Our first deployment, on a decommissioning nuclear power reactor, began this month after delay due to snow at the end of 2017.

  • Posted On: 9 February 2018
Successful start – despite the weather! Since we were mainly working outside with the site contractors, we were hampered by rain and 60 mph winds. In three weeks we were only able to use ViridiScope on a couple of days. However, we will be back in March to continue, when we hope the weather will have improved!
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We're on our way!

The time has finally arrived and we are beginning to transport ViridiScope to the nuclear sites participating in our Innovate UK 'First of a Kind deployment' project.

  • Posted On: 8 January 2018
We're on our way!

We have been preparing for this day since June last year when we heard that we had won a million pound contract to deploy ViridiScope on five nuclear sites. The aim is to demonstrate that our innovative sampling tool is fit for purpose and can operate within a real-world, user-facing project with the performance needed for the various applications. In addition to constructing five sets of equipment for sampling and in situ analysis at sites across the UK, we have been busy providing the SLCs with the necessary paperwork to allow us and our equipment onto site. It's not surprising we are excited by the prospect of finally getting down to work!

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Viridian's day in the Innovation Zone!

We needed an extra big van to transport our equipment to the NDA Decommissioning Supply Chain Event on 2nd November.

  • Posted On: 3 November 2017
Viridian's day in the Innovation Zone!

It was an excellent opportunity to feature ViridiScan, our most powerful tool for in situ characterisation of contaminated surfaces, as well as catching up with old friends and making new contacts.
Our stand in the Innovation Zone attracted plenty of visitors to see how, by collecting material from a contaminated surface with ViridiScope and analysing it by mass spectrometry, very sensitive simultaneous measurement can be made for a wide range of radionuclides and stable elements in a matter of minutes.
The trip to Manchester tested the robustness of the equipment and we are pleased to report that the inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer was operating as soon as it returned to the workshop.
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