Galson Sciences Ltd - Recent News
October 2009 - GSL staff present work at ICEM‘09
GSL staff attended the 12th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management (ICEM'09/DECOM'09), held in Liverpool on 11-15 October 2009. Staff papers/presentations covered a range of the work that GSL has been undertaking on behalf of UK and overseas clients in the last year, including the following (presenter and paper number given in brackets):
- Contingency Options for the Drying, Conditioning and Packaging of Magnox Spent Fuel in the UK (Jenny Morris, 16331). Click here to download a copy of the presentation.
Contingency Options for the Dry Storage of Magnox Spent Fuel in the UK (Steve Wickham, 16330). Click here to download a copy of the presentation.
Approaches for Modelling Transient Unsaturated-Saturated Groundwater Flow During and After Construction (Matt White, 16242). Click here to download a copy of the presentation.
Implementation of a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) in the UK by the NDA RWMD: The Potential for Interaction between the Co-Located ILW/LLW and HLW/SF Components of a GDF (Tim Hicks, 16306).
Design Options for the UK's ILW Geological Disposal Facility (Tim Hicks, 16241).
NUMO-RMS: A Practical Requirements Management System for the Long-term Management of the Deep Geological Disposal Project (presenter Hiroyoshi Ueda of NUMO, GSL co-authors Matt White and Roger Wilmot, 16304).
September 2009 - New staff member
The UK nuclear industry is experiencing renewed interest, both for the construction of new nuclear stations and for the decommissioning of the existing nuclear infrastructure and the disposal of resulting wastes. Overseas, radioactive waste disposal programmes are actively underway in Belgium, Finland, France, Sweden, Japan and the United States, amongst others. We are active in all of these areas and projects. To manage the increase in workload resulting from these developments and to keep the company abreast of the associated challenges, we have added to our highly qualified and skilled pool of staff with the recruitment of Emily Michie. Emily has degrees in materials science and engineering (MEng Hons. and PhD) from Imperial College, London. We are seeking additional staff to add to our workforce. Please see the recruitment pages if you are interested!
January 2009 - Dounreay
Over the last decade, GSL has been heavily involved in the development and implementation of a strategy for the management of LLW at Dounreay - the UK's former centre of fast reactor research. Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd received local authority planning approval in January 2009 for new near-surface LLW disposal facilities located adjacent to the existing site - see http://www.dounreay.com/news/2009-01-13/council-approves-110m-waste-plan-for-dounreay. GSL project work included development of the necessary environmental safety cases. GSL is committed to continuing to support Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd in the construction and licencing of the new facilities.