We are really pleased to announce that Cerberus Nuclear and Galson Sciences Limited have teamed up to support Radioactive Waste Management (RWM) on their Criticality Safety Framework. We believe our combined criticality teams offer RWM a really strong capability, with a blend of operational criticality safety experience and unique repository operational expertise. We are looking forward to working on a wide range of tasks during this exciting time for GDF development in the UK.
Kimberley has joined Cerberus Nuclear after working with us on a project to use deep learning and computer vision to identify defects on the surface of waste containers. Kimberley is a developer specialising in data science and she holds a Master’s degree in Advanced Computer Science. Kimberley has contributed to several successful machine learning and computer vision projects, both in her academic career and in industry. Her experience includes machine learning, medical imaging and bioinformatics, as well as natural language processing and front-end development.
Graduate Recruitment
Cerberus Nuclear are an small, dynamic consultancy specialising in the following areas:
Criticality Safety
Radiation Shielding
Nuclear Characterisation
Founded in 2016, we aim to do things differently to other consultancies. We offer industry leading services in our core areas, putting innovation and creativity at the heart of our work. We value employee satisfaction, offer genuine progression and investment in our team, and provide a friendly environment in which to learn and develop.
We are looking for technically minded individuals to train and develop across all of our areas of work.
We offer a competitive remuneration package, which includes:
A company bonus scheme up to 10% of base salary.
A company pension contribution of 10% of base salary.
25 days holiday increasing year on year to up to 30 days per year.
A growing range of benefits, including subscriptions to Perkbox and salary sacrifice schemes for bicycles and tech.
In addition, we offer the flexibility and autonomy that comes with working for a small, dynamic company. We offer our graduates early responsibility and the chance to learn and develop alongside a talented team of specialists.
If you would like to apply, or find out more, please send a CV and cover letter to nuclear@cerberusnuclear.com. We intend to offer roles to start from Autumn 2020.
Three of the Cerberus Nuclear team have an MSc in Nuclear Science and Technology from NTEC; the course offers an ideal introduction to the nuclear industry and so it is great to be able to keep ties with the University.
NTEC (back in 2006!)
The project itself is intended to support an expanded number of scenarios for our criticality training aid (CARTA). Work is being conducted 100% remotely due to the current COVID related working arrangements, which has been challenging, but the project is off to a promising start.
CARTA
Return to the Office
We have rearranged our office to be in-line with social distancing guidelines.
With most of the team still working from home we decided to re-purpose the space into a fully featured virtual reality suite. This enables us to take a big leap forward in our capability and we should have some exciting news on this front in the coming weeks!
The picture shows Sam getting to grips with an analogue of a JCS gamma dose rate monitor.
Cerberus Nuclear hosted the 46th Shielding Forum meeting online this week. An online format was chosen due to the recent travel and meeting restrictions due to the COVID19 outbreak.
Attendees from EDF Energy, Edvance, BAES, Cavendish Nuclear, Orano Projects, Kinectrics, UKAEA, Rolls Royce, Jacobs, SRP and ONR were there and the meeting spanned several different countries including United States, Canada and France.
Daniel Cork (TSF Chair)
A big thank you to all attendees of TSF46, online engagement from members far exceeded expectations and we would just like to thank everyone for their contributions during the meeting."
One of the key topic discussed was the proposed 2021 Shielding Awareness Course in which Cerberus Nuclear will be playing a key role. The course will be a collaboration between TSF and the Society of Radiological Protection (SRP).
The next TSF members meeting is currently due to be held in November 2020 at the ANSWERS Seminar. Further details will be found closer to the event at https://www.shieldingforum.com/
Cyber Essentials Plus Certification
As part of our ongoing commitment to cyber security, Cerberus Nuclear are pleased to announce that following a successful audit we have been awarded the Cyber Essentials Plus certification.
Cyber Essentials is a Government-backed and industry-supported scheme that helps businesses protect themselves against the growing threat of cyber attacks and provides a clear statement of the basic controls organisations should have in place to protect them.
The Cyber Essentials Plus certification involves a more rigorous test of a companies IT systems where cyber security experts carry out vulnerability and penetration tests to make sure an organisation is protected.
Our Cyber Essentials Plus certification marks another step of continuous improvement for the company and provides additional confidence to all our clients regarding our approach to data security.
Surgical Mask Ear Saver - 3D Printing
Our 3D printer has been put to good use over the past week in the creation of ear savers for surgical masks worn by NHS staff at St Mary's Children's Hospital in Manchester.
An ear saver is worn at the back of the head and provides pressure relief for the surgical mask wearers' ears; elastic can often rub if worn for long periods causing discomfort and requiring constant adjustment. The use of the ear saver also aims to improve mask fitting.
We created a custom lightweight ergonomic design that can be easily 3D printed in large numbers, and so far we have supplied over 150.
We hope our very small contribution helps and we would like to share our appreciation for everyone working for the NHS at this challenging time.
If you have 3D printing capacity and would like to use our latest design then please get in touch.
New Starter - Toby Tyas
Toby is a new addition to Cerberus Nuclear but he has worked with us on many projects over the last few years in various roles. He is a valuable addition to Cerberus Nuclear's criticality safety team and brings with him a great deal of experience, particularly in decommissioning criticality safety, having delivered assessments for a number of high-profile decommissioning projects in the UK.
He is proficient in the use of MCNP and MONK for criticality safety and is a knowledgeable user of Visual Basic. Toby is also a skilled trainer and mentor, drawing on his experience from a previous career as a schoolteacher.
Object Recognition - Computer Vision
We have developed a custom computer vision object identification algorithm. As a demonstration, we trained a neural network to identify cars and lorries on a motorway using R-CNN object detection.
The algorithm identifies a number of objects, object type (car/lorry etc.), object colour, object speed and confidence in match. In addition, a report is generated that summarises the information gathered over time.
Cerberus Nuclear has access to the necessary computing power for near real-time, high-accuracy identification. The example was produced to demonstrate validity for stopped car identification as well as traffic monitoring.
In addition to this example, computer vision has a number of nuclear applications that we will be looking to build upon in the coming weeks.
If you would like to know more or if you have a specific challenge, which you think computer vision may solve, don't hesitate to get in touch.
