The Central Organisation for Radioactive Waste (COVRA) is the sole company in the Netherlands tasked with collecting, processing and storing all radioactive waste. Steven Benbow attended COVRA's 2023 research and development meeting and presented the findings of the work that Quintessa has undertaken to develop models to assess the possible bulk gas generation from COVRA's inventory of low and intermediate level waste, technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive materials and high-level waste. Full details…

Spirit Energy is maturing plans for the conversion of its Morecambe Bay gas hub into a net zero cluster of national scale and importance. To support those plans, Quintessa has conducted a preliminary subsurface risk and hazard assessment contributing to Spirit Energy’s application for a Carbon Dioxide Appraisal and Storage Licence for the Morecambe Bay area. Full details…

Quintessa has been closely involved in a revision of the Environment Agency’s initial radiological assessment methodology (‘IRAT’), which was first published in 2006. The latest version uses updated models and data, includes additional radionuclides and exposure groups, and incorporates an assessment of dose rates to wildlife. The updated version is referred to as the Initial Radiological Assessment Tool 2 or ‘IRAT2’. Full details…