We're pleased to announce that Katrina has recently joined Cerberus Nuclear as a graduate criticality safety assessor. She is looking to build on her academic experience from the University of Birmingham’s Physics and Technology of Nuclear Reactors (PTNR) course and student placement with EDF Energy’s Fuel Route Systems Team. Through these university courses, Katrina has experience using both MONK and MCNP.

Alongside her consultancy roles, Katrina is undertaking structured training sessions in-line with the Working Party on Criticality (WPC) Competency Framework delivered by experienced criticality safety assessors within Cerberus Nuclear.

We are delighted to announce that, as an addition to our industry leading remuneration package, we have offered our staff share options in the company. This means that over the next few years we will welcome our talented team into the fold as shareholders.

"An EMI scheme allows us to recognise and reward the vital role our team has played in the company's early success, whilst ensuring continuity as the company continues to grow"

Stewart Hay (Director)

The scheme itself is an Enterprise Management Incentive (EMI) and has been administered by Jerry and Kirsty at the Mill Consultancy who have done a fantastic job in walking us through the process; they are highly recommended!

(Photos from the last time the whole company was together - December 2019!)

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.

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.

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.

A big thank you to John Caunt Scientific for allowing us to use the monitor.

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.

These past few weeks have been a strange time for all of us, we are adjusting to a new reality and in accordance with the government advice on social distancing, since last week we have all been working at home. We are pleased to report that everyone is well and our company and capabilities remain fully functioning, being unaffected by the physical separation.

During these uncertain times our priorities are clear:

1. maintaining the health and safety of our team and their families;
2. providing a smooth, reliable service for our clients.

We are thankfully currently on track with both of these. Our IT networks, communications infrastructure, computing capability and company culture was always set up to allow for flexible and remote working as the norm. If there are any small businesses that would like some help and advice with this, then please get in touch and we’d be more than happy to assist.

Hope you all stay safe out there! Best wishes from the Cerberus Nuclear team.

(Pete’s plant has been rescued from the office today)

Peter started with us back in November 2019 as a Principal Shielding Assessor. He brings with him a wealth of Sellafield Limited experience having worked there for the last 11 years, leading delivery of the shielding support for a number of key projects. He has hit the ground running at Cerberus, delivering assessments for a number of clients and has made valuable contributions to some of our in-house software development projects.