Articles by Lynkeos Team

House of Commons Nuclear Sector Deal Debate

Recently, Lynkeos was invited to the Palace of Westminster where we were honoured to receive an IOP Business Start Up Award.   In promoting this success, we were pleasantly surprised to learn that this was not the first time that our name had been heard within those walls.  On the 11th July 2018, Tracy Harrison,

Lynkeos Awarded IOP Business Start-Up Award

Last night, Lynkeos was announced as one of the inaugural Institute Of Physics Business Start Up Award winners at a Parliamentary reception in Westminster.  As well as an impressive (and heavy) award, we also made it on to the front page of the University of Glasgow website. Lynkeos’ Managing Director Ralf Kaiser said “We are

Muons on BBC Radio 5live’s Science Hour

This morning, our colleague Dr. Craig Shearer of the National Nuclear Laboratory featured on BBC Radio 5live’s Science Hour, where he discussed the role that muons and the Lynkeos Muon Imaging system can play in the UK nuclear decommissioning effort.   You can listen to the interview here starting at 11 minutes and 41 seconds in.

National Nuclear Laboratory Press Release

Today, our friends at the National Nuclear Laboratory put out a press release to mark the upcoming deployment of the Lynkeos Muon Imaging System at their Central Laboratory on the Sellafield site.  Titled “Scientists harness space particles to detect radioactive material“, it reads:   Scientists have successfully developed a technology that can harness muons –

Total DECOM “The Lynkeos Story” Webinar

In case you missed it, last week our Director David Mahon delivered a webinar for Total DECOM entitled “From academic research to nuclear industry deployment: The Lynkeos Story”.  This has now been uploaded to their website and can be watched again here. Warning:  Contains scenes some viewers may find harrowing from the start!

Innovate UK First Of A Kind Video

In April 2017, Lynkeos was awarded £1.54 million from Innovate UK as part of their First Of A Kind (FOAK) Deployment of Innovation contract.  This allowed us to commercialise our Muon Imaging System for deployment within the UK Nuclear Industry.  Innovate UK visited Falkirk back in March 2018 to interview Lynkeos’ Managing Director Ralf Kaiser.