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Kym and Chris visit Chalk River

A successful trip to train the folks at the Canadian Nuclear Laboratory

  • Posted On: 15 August 2023
Kym and Chris visit Chalk River Kym and Chris travelled to Ontario to meet the team responsible for deploying our technology on the CNL site. “It was a very positive training session,” she said. “Everyone is very enthusiastic about making use of ViridiScope now that they are ‘SQEP’d’.  It is an exciting time at Chalk River: CNL is actively decommissioning aging infrastructure and building new, world-class science facilities. It is adopting a modern and integrated approach to...
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Analysts Informal Working Group visit Corwen

A great opportunity to discuss the use of ViridiScope in a laboratory environment

  • Posted On: 20 July 2023
Analysts Informal Working Group visit Corwen The AIWG (Analysts Informal Working Group) travelled to Corwen for a meeting that included a demonstration of ViridiScope. It was a great opportunity to talk to experienced analysts who are responsible for the measurement of radioactivity in their laboratory. Although we are used to seeing ViridiScope deployed on nuclear sites in, sometimes, quite extreme conditions, it is also possible to use laser sampling in the laboratory to avoid crushing and grinding contaminated material. It was also...
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Can on-site radiological characterisation be as reliable as sending samples off-site?

Comparison of Cs-137 results obtained for a set of concrete samples

  • Posted On: 8 June 2023
Can on-site radiological characterisation be as reliable as sending samples off-site? We are frequently asked about the reliability of the results we obtain using HGRS on decommissioning nuclear sites. How is it possible that a 100 mg sample of concrete collected using ViridiScope in just 120 s and counted for only ten minutes can be as dependable as a 50 g sample sent to an off-site laboratory. We don’t claim to get down to the very low detection limits required for clearance, but we can detect and quantify activity in ILW, LLW and VLLW, down to 10 Bq/g for Cs-137 and...
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Delighted to demonstrate ViridiScope to our visitors from Atkins

It was a pleasure to discuss the capabilities of our laser sampler with a team of experts from Atkins

  • Posted On: 10 May 2023
Delighted to demonstrate ViridiScope to our visitors from Atkins Our visitors are always surprised how quiet ViridiScope is in operation, the compactness of the control systems, and the lightness of the sampling head. We particularly enjoyed the opportunity to discuss things analytical with our colleagues from Atkins at our North Wales workshop, including our ability to begin measuring gross alpha/beta and gamma spectra within minutes of sample collection. In situations where there are thousands of samples to be collected, using ViridiScope can save time...
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ViridiScope goes to Chalk River

Celebrating our first export to Canada

  • Posted On: 21 March 2023
ViridiScope goes to Chalk River We have been busy supporting our first export to Canada, where our customers in the Canadian National Laboratory at Chalk River, Ontario, have been setting up ViridiScope under our guidance. The laboratory at Chalk River is a site of major research and development to support and advance nuclear technology, particularly CANDU reactor technology so we look forward to supporting CNL now and in future developments, particularly in characterisation of decommissioning facilities at the Chalk River...
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