Are you a user of sealed or unsealed radiation sources from the following list? Check your use below and view the linked information sheet; then please contact us to discuss your requirements. We tell you more about what we can offer and also provide a more accurate estimate of the likely cost of the service. Note that further information is being added over the next few weeks. Thanks..

Schools or colleges - using small alpha, beta, gamma radiation sources for experiments

• Local authority controlled schools
  
• Independent schools
  
• Grammar Schools
  
• Academy Schools
  

Industry

• Chemical/Petrochemical: use of gamma source level/density gauges
• Paper/Textile/Chipboard; use of beta source thickness/density gauges
• Gamma backscatter/density scanning gauge
• Food industry sources used in foreign object/level detection gauges
• Industrial gamma radiography (NDT compound)
• Use of portable density/moisture gauges
• Gamma irradiation units
• Work with unsealed radioactive materials

Security companies and other organisations

• Airports; use of portable devices containing sources such as nickel-63
• Ports and Docks; use of portable devices containing sources such as nickel-63
• Police; use of portable devices containing sources such as nickel-63

 

Other users

• Universities and teaching establishments (work with unsealed radioactive materials, calibration radiation sources, gas chromatography or static elimination)
• Pharmaceuticals and quality control/research laboratories (work with unsealed radioactive materials, use of radiation sources such as nickel-63)
• Environmental laboratories (use of radiation sources, ie nickel-63 gas chromatography or calibration type radiation sources)
• Museums (geological specimens, dials and clocks)
• Equipment and source suppliers (equipment containing sealed radiation sources)
• Veterinary Practice (work with unsealed radioactive materials)
• Radon (potential exposure of employees to radon gas in the workplace)