Last week Cerberus Nuclear attended the Ignite Space event for the first time with an eye to better understanding the vast array of work that goes into the UK Space sector and what opportunities that provides. Thomas Scone, one of our recent consultant hires, visited on the Thursday of the event and had the opportunity to sit in on many interesting talks including a keynote from Prof Suzie Imber and a panel discussion on cross sector collaboration.

Cerberus Nuclear is developing innovative approaches to nuclear safety which work in tandem and take best advantage of well-established shielding and criticality methodologies. As the space industry continues to grow, so to will the necessity of cross sector collaboration. As Thomas heard mentioned more than once at the event, everything we do here on Earth will one day need to be done in space if we are to live there. With the potential use of nuclear power sources and engines, as well as the dangers of solar radiation to long term space exploration, there will certainly be a role for nuclear safety.

In addition to looking into what services Cerberus may be able to provide, there was discussion of what capabilities the space sector may provide in turn. Earth Observation satellites provide massive amount of data about the world we live in and are used for everything from identifying leaks in water networks to identifying unnamed mountains in South America (an interesting side project of the previously mentioned Suzi Imber who is also a keen mountaineer!). With Cerberus’ capabilities in processing and applying ML method to large data sets, we look forward to seeing where our next innovation projects may lead.