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Expertise in safety case management, environmental and radiological consultancy, and health physics are combined with our core engineering and materials science capabilities to deliver an unrelenting safety ethos in the management of radioactive waste.  

We apply strategies to minimize waste volumes requiring final disposal and we implement innovative decommissioning and decontamination processes for clients around the world.  U.K. clients including Sellafield Ltd, Magnox Ltd and Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd. 

°µÍø³Ô¹Ï’s team of 100 radioactive waste management specialists is responsible for compiling the UK’s radioactive waste inventory and advises the UK government’s Nuclear Waste Services organization on major projects including the proposed Geological Disposal Facility. °µÍø³Ô¹Ï also operates a cobalt-60 gamma irradiation facility at Harwell, Oxfordshire, supporting our ability to provide world-class consultancy on the effects of radiation. 

As an HSE-approved Corporate Radiation Protection Adviser body in the UK, our radiological support to industrial and nuclear sectors includes: 

• X-ray fluorescence equipment   

• X-ray inspection systems used in manufacturing processes 

• X-ray systems for security scanning 

• Thickness and level gauges 

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• Sealed radioactive sources 

• Laboratory testing of radioactive material 

• Work in radon affected areas   

• Non-destructive gamma spectrometry analysis 

Our specialist advisers provide a range of regulatory compliance support – from helping customers with radioactive waste to ensure that accumulation and disposal complies with environmental permit conditions, to advising on the transport of radioactive material between sites. 

Our services include: 

• HSE notification/registration/consent. 

• Advising clients on legal and operational matters including development of radiation safety management plans, radiation risk assessments, local rules and training requirements. 

• Reviewing radiation protection processes and procedures for regulatory compliance. 

• Assessing potential radiological hazards and advising on control of radiation exposure of the workforce. 

• Providing statutory testing for leakage of radioactive material from sealed sources. 

• Approved dosimetry service.    

• Bespoke radiation awareness and radiation protection supervisor training. 

• Providing incident support and advising on remedial programs. 

• Characterization of radiological materials, waste, buildings and contaminated land. 

Advising on the selection of suitable radiation monitoring equipment and provision of radiation monitoring equipment for hire.