CANBERRA UK Services Group offers radiological measurement and consultancy solutions to the UK nuclear industry.

Our team of physicists and spectroscopy experts are available to compliment your own team, providing strategy advice, measurements solutions and intelligent data review.

Combining the experience of the international services organisations with CANBERRA’S range of innovative measurement tools, customers in the UK can benefit from the latest technology, expertise, and best practice.

CANBERRA has successfully completed many challenging projects, and aims to work in partnership with customers, to bring cost effective time saving solutions, enabling them to meet strict regulations, project milestones or improved processes.

Our services are focused on all aspects of radiometric solutions, including nuclear fuel cycle applications from operating power reactors and fuel reprocessing, to decommissioning / waste management, laboratory services and environmental monitoring.

Benefits to the Customer

The Services Group aims to give the following benefits to the Customer.

• A complete solution to the problem
• Tried and tested technology
• Expert service and help
• Reduce exposure to radiation
• Reduce time taken to complete the task
• Reduce costs

We offer “in-situ” measurement services, equipment operated either by experienced CANBERRA specialists, or by the customer’s employees. We can also provide specialist consultancy and expert review services, and can perform calibrations for plant-installed assay systems.

We offer a broad range of services, including the following:

• Consultancy support to identify optimum radiometric measurement strategies.
• “Intelligent Customer” support, e.g. independent review of technical proposals, etc.
• Portable gamma ray spectrometry for identification/quantification of nuclides including U/Pu and enrichment measurements for Pu/U.
• Gamma camera measurements to provide spatial mapping of radioactivity.
• Characterisation of areas for dose-rate mapping.
• Neutron assay using modular equipment, to quantify actinides (principally Pu).
• Loan of equipment (e.g. waste assay) to customers, including customised setup and training.
• Expert advice/training on “best practice” use of laboratory radiometric equipment for example application of software Quality Assurance features.
• Provision of mobile laboratory services including alpha, beta and gamma spectrometers.
• Provision of calibration services for customers’ own installed radiometric equipment.
• Expert data review of results from customer’s equipment, including analysis and interpretation of spectra and results.
• Specialist technical services such as shielding calculations, radiometric physics modelling to support calibration, specialist technical studies etc.

CANBERRA UK Services Group: Organization Structure

Our field based specialists are located close to the principal nuclear sites in the UK, acting as the focus for customer interactions. Additionally, we have access to expertise from across the entire CANBERRA international organization.

Tel: (44) 1235 838383 Fax: (44) 1235 838365
Email: uktechsupport@canberra.com