The recently awarded United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) Engineering Design Services Framework. Galson Sciences is pleased to announce their involvement in the recently awarded United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) Engineering Design Services Framework. Paula Barham, UKAEA’s Head of Procurement is looking forward to working with all framework winners, “as we seek to …
Galson Sciences Ltd (GSL) is delighted to announce, together with our Partners in the ACCORD Consortium (Hydrock, Mott MacDonald, Eadon Consulting Ltd, PDL and Cerberus Nuclear), that we have been awarded contracts across all Lots of a new multi-million-pound Higher Activity Waste (HAW) Framework. This new four-year framework has been established by Radioactive Waste Management …
THERAMIN conference on thermal treatment of radioactive waste The PW IPT was represented at the recent EC THERAMIN (Thermal Treatment for Radioactive Waste Minimisation and Hazard Reduction) Project Conference at the Mechanics’ Institute, Manchester on 4th and 5th February 2020. Over 80 researchers and industrialists from 10 countries attended, including waste owners and supply chain …
COVID-19 – despite all the restrictions as a result of coronavirus, it is business as usual for all Galson Sciences staff. We are available on the usual numbers and email addresses. Stay safe everyone.
Systems and engineering consultancy, Frazer-Nash, is to provide cost modelling support to Radioactive Waste Management (RWM), the UK government organisation responsible for planning and delivering the geological disposal of radioactive waste. The work will be undertaken in collaboration with nuclear research services consultancy Galson Sciences Ltd, who will define the model structure and provide reference …
Thanks to the generosity of GSL staff, an amazing £261 was raised at the Macmillan Coffee morning. This amount was matched by the organisation meaning that a cheque for £522 was sent to Macmillan in support of their work. Home-made cakes are always well appreciated by everyone working here – and the offerings on display …
Phil Richardson has contributed material to a recently published (July 2019) Springer Verlag book ‘Conflicts, Participation and Acceptability in Nuclear Waste Governance: An International Comparison, Volume II‘. He co-authored a chapter on ‘The Use of the Added Value Approach in Siting Radioactive Waste Facilities: Stakeholder Opinions in the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovenia‘ which was …
Following the successful Technical Training School hosted by the CEA at Marcoule, France, in June 2019, presentations (including those made by Stephen Wickham and Jenny Kent from GSL) and posters on the toolbox of treatment and characterisation approaches demonstrated in the project are available on the Theramin website: http://www.theramin-h2020.eu/trainingschool2019.htm Participants also had the opportunity to …
GSL is leading two work packages (WP2 and WP5) within the EURATOM Collaborative Project “Thermal treatment for radioactive waste minimisation and hazard reduction (THERAMIN)”, which has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Euratom research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 755480. A summer school, hosted by the CEA at Marcoule in June …