ACME: Asbestos Containing Materials evaluation

Viridian是一家创新公司，为核设施提供放射性特征分析工具，以支持退役。它开发了一种新的激光采样工具ViridiScope(R)，用于核特性应用和国土安全。它用于对混凝土、灰泥、砖块和其他可能受到放射性污染的材料进行采样，以便在退役前对污染的数量和类型进行量化。用于石棉表征的采样材料的最新技术水平主要是手动钻孔和刮擦，使工人面临重大危险，并需要佩戴广泛的个人防护装备，包括呼吸器。ViridiScope(R)已经在几个核设施上得到验证，它是专门为安全、无灰尘、高空和密闭空间中采样高放射性物质而设计的，因此非常适合在核和非核环境中对受石棉污染的材料进行采样。这个项目将测试和评估ViridiScope(R)在快速安全地对含石棉材料进行采样方面的应用，为Viridian在世界各地开辟新的市场，并帮助该公司从新冠肺炎造成的核退役场地停工的影响中恢复过来。

Viridian is an innovation company supplying nuclear sites with radiometric characterisation tools in support of decommissioning. It has developed a novel laser sampling tool, ViridiScope(r) for use in nuclear characterisation applications and homeland security. It is used for sampling concrete, plaster, brick and other materials that may be contaminated with radioactivity, so that the amount and type of contamination can be quantified prior to decommissioning.The state of the art for sampling materials for asbestos characterisation is largely manual drilling and scraping, exposing workers to significant hazard and the need to wear extensive PPE including breathing apparatus. ViridiScope(r), which has been proven on several nuclear sites, is specifically designed for sampling highly radioactive material safely, without dust, at height and in confined spaces, so it is ideally suited to sampling asbestos contaminated materials in both nuclear and non-nuclear environments.This project will test and evaluate the application of ViridiScope(r) for rapid and safe sampling of asbestos containing materials, opening up new markets for Viridian world-wide and helping the company to recover from the effect of COVID-19 that has halted work on nuclear decommissioning sites.