Radioactive capsule goes missing in Australian outback
Challenge: A tiny 8mm by 6mm radioactive capsule went missing somewhere along a 1400 kilometre journey in the Western Australia desert.
UK Reactor Decommissioning
Challenge: Currently, around 300 nuclear power plants and research reactors are either undergoing or awaiting decommissioning. In addition, over two thirds of the world’s nuclear power plants in operation today are already in the last decade of their lifetime. Advanced technologies capable of operating in complex environments are required to ensure safe and effective decommissioning can be undertaken.
Nuclear Security and Border Monitoring Datasheet
Challenge: Screening cargo entering a country is important to prevent the passage of illicit cargo, including radioactive material. Screening techniques must quickly provide the confident detection and assessment of threats without inhibiting the flow of commerce.
Secondary screening currently involves a manual scan of a container or vehicle with a hand held instrument.
Radiation Protection Case Study
Challenge: Health physics services are vital in ensuring the safety of radiation workers within the nuclear industry. The ability to respond to requests for radiation dose surveys, incident response and dose assessments is also a key requirement.
Reactor Decommissioning Case Study
Challenge: Around the world, more than 115 commercial power reactors, 48 experimental or prototype reactors, over 250 research reactors and several fuel facilities have all been retired from operation. Planning for decommissioning requires a comprehensive characterisation of the components to be dismantled. Verifying that all radioactive components have been removed before site handover is an essential part of the process.
Nuclear Safeguards and Nuclear Disarmament Verification Case Study
Challenge: It is essential that nuclear safeguards inspectors can confidently verify that nation states are meeting their obligations under international nuclear safeguards treaties. Central to these inspection activities is the identification of the location, type and amount of nuclear material that can be traced to declared activities. Verification instrumentation must provide unambiguous, verifiable results.
Nuclear Safeguards and Nuclear Disarmament Verification Case Study
Nuclear Medicine and Radiopharmacy Case Study
Challenge: Ensuring the safety of multidisciplinary teams who work in nuclear medicine facilities through an effective radiation safety program.
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