Market Cross is now providing Radiation Protection Adviser services to a series of contractors working at the Capenhurst nuclear site. This work includes support to engineering, installation and maintenance tasks in the Supervised and Controlled areas of the site.
Category Archives: Training
Radiation Training Announcement
Our next NORM RPS training course will be held on Tuesday 7th and Wednesday 8th of May 2024. Please click here for details and booking form.
Our next Radiation Protection Supervisors (RPS) Training Course will be held on Tuesday 23rd and Wednesday 24th of July 2024. Please click here for details and booking form.
Our next Basic Radiation Protection (BRP) training course is being held on Tuesday 11th June 2024. Please click here for details and booking form.
Market Cross provides RPA services to Dounreay
Market Cross is providing Radiation Protection Adviser (RPA) services to a key Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS) contractor, GD Energy Services Ltd. Market Cross is working with GDES and NRS staff and management to help ensure the client continues to work in compliance with the Ionising Radiations Regulations 2017 and local site requirements.
Radiation Safety Training Announcement
Our next Radiation Protection Supervisors (RPS) Training Course will be held on Wednesday 25th and Thursday 26th of October . Please click here for details and booking form.
Our new NORM RPS Online training course will be held on Tuesday 7th and Wednesday 8th November 2023. Please click here for details and booking form.
Our next Basic Radiation Protection (BRP) training course is being held on Monday 10th July. Please click here for details and booking form.
Market Cross returns to support radiation safety works at new radiography facilities in Cumbria
Together with Market Cross corporate member, Cerberus Nuclear, Market Cross is providing radiation safety advice for shielding integrity works on new radiography facilities in Cumbria. The radiography facilities are important test beds for welds, products and steel plate for large vessel construction.
Market Cross is very pleased to have been invited back on the project (now complete) and is looking forward to providing similar support in phase 2 of the project.
Market Cross trains safety personnel on the Pioneering Spirit rig deployment vessel
Market Cross corporate member, RITE Advice Ltd, has been training safety supervisors for the Pioneering Spirit installation and de-commissioning vessel. The Spirit is the largest, most versatile offshore construction vessel in the world and is able to lift entire platform topsides and jackets in a single piece.
The training involved theoretical and practical applications of safe working practices held up by the relevant legislative frameworks. This included ways in how to deal with naturally occurring materials and hazards in this very unique workplace.
Market Cross completes EHS audit for oil and gas sites in the US, UK, UAE, Brazil and Malaysia
This month Market Cross completed an audit on the environmental permitting and radiation safety aspects of a number of oil and gas process diagnosic sites around the world. Together with our client, Environmental Resources Management (ERM) Ltd, this top level audit covered all aspects of corporate Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) for activites carried out by the end client within the industry.
The EHS audit was carried out by a team of auditors around the world and the environmental permitting and radiation safety audit strategy was led by Market Cross
Successful Completion of Shielding Integrity Works at Brighton 3TS
In collaboration with our partner and corporate member Cerberus Nuclear, a series of shielding integrity tests were successfully completed at the Trauma, Teaching and Tertial Care (3Ts) redevelopment project at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton.
The project involved the use of industrial radiography sources and a betatron accelerator all of which required strict radiological control and full RPA support.
Risk Assessment Support for Local Fete
As part of our committment to community support projects Market Cross provided voluntary support to the Osmington summer fete this month. A full risk assessment was carried out and a number of recommendations were made. Of course, these were implemented prior to commencement of the fun and games.
Ground Investigation Works at Birthplace of Market Cross
This month Market Cross were tasked to carry out some ground investigation and health phyiscs work on a site suitable for development. This time, however, the work brought about a tinge of nostalia. This was because the work was undertaken on the very site where Market Cross was conceived and incorporated, Winfrith Technology Centre.
Today the site is known as Dorset Innovation Park and Market Cross still has its main office there at Chesil House.