A private company established in January 2005 to offer a range of technical consulting services in the field of management of radioactive (or other toxic) wastes, including

• Strategic programme planning and review
  
• Project concept development, implementation, evaluation and synthesis
  
• Support in the production and review of technical documents and materials for communication with different audiences
  
• Specialist staff training.

Fields of work include:

• National / international repository programme planning
  
• Site selection and characterisation
  
• Repository design, construction and operation
  
• Operational and post-closure safety assessment (incl. perturbation scenarios)
  
• Geochemistry, incl. near-field, microbiology, colloids, high pH plume, etc.
  
• Radiochemistry; radionuclide solubility and sorption / retardation - measurement & modelling
  
• Underground test facility management
  
• Natural analogues
  
• Communication to technical audiences, the media and general public