News from 2020

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AMBER 6.5 Released

19 Nov 2020

Quintessa is pleased to announce that the latest version of AMBER has been released. AMBER 6.5 offers users new functionality and a number of new features.

Support to Hunterston B Restart

11 Nov 2020

EDF Energy has received approval to start generating low carbon power again from its two Advanced Gas-cooled Reactors (AGRs) at Hunterston B power station in Ayrshire, Scotland. This follows a major, two-year inspection and investment programme to prove that the station can respond safely to a rang…

Quintessa is Supporting Sellafield's Enabling Innovation Framework

10 Nov 2020

Quintessa are pleased to announce that we are one of the ten Supply Chain Partners who have been awarded a contract on Sellafield Ltd's Enabling Innovation Framework 4. The official press release from Sellafield is given below.

Quintessa and Merlin Form Strategic Alliance

4 Nov 2020

Quintessa and Merlin Energy Resources have formed a strategic alliance to identify and develop joint business opportunities based on their extensive experience in the energy sector spanning four decades.

Quintessa Employee Riding High in The World of Porridge

16 Oct 2020

Quintessa's resident competitive porridge maker has been at it again, this time at the 2020 edition of the World Porridge Making Championship.

DECOVALEX-2019: Final report available

6 Oct 2020

Radioactive Waste Management (RWM) has recently published the final report of the DECOVALEX-2019 project. DECOVALEX is a long-standing international collaboration between waste management organisations, regulators, research institutions and their supporting organisations, investigating complex coup…

University students Molly Ives and William James start their placement year at Quintessa

14 Sep 2020

Quintessa welcomes Molly Ives and William James from the University of Bath as they start placements with us as part of undergraduate courses in Computer Science & Mathematics and Mathematics, respectively.

Louise Bruffell rejoins Quintessa

20 Aug 2020

Quintessa is pleased to announce that Louise Bruffell has rejoined Quintessa following spending her industrial placement year with us in 2018/19.

Modelling Traffic Flow in Henley

17 Aug 2020

Placement student Adam Hazell has recently presented his work on traffic flow modelling to Quintessa employees, rounding off a year long project involving data analysis and software development.

Quintessa and CyberEssentials Plus (re)accreditation

11 Aug 2020

We are pleased to announce that our cyber security systems have been independently audited and recertified by Indelible Data to operate in accordance with the Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus standards. As such, our systems meet the implementation profile BIS/14/696 covering Information a…

CO₂ FEP database now open access

28 Jul 2020

The Generic CO₂ Geological Storage Database of Features, Events and Processes (FEPs), developed by Quintessa, is now open access. It provides a tool to support the assessment of long-term safety and performance of geological carbon dioxide (CO₂) storage.

Mathematics and International Beading Week 2020

27 Jul 2020

Quintessa’s employees find opportunities to use mathematics in unexpected places! Patricia Verrier has a keen interest in mathematical artwork and is combining mathematics and beadwork as an ambassador for International Beading Week!

Quintessa and DECOVALEX-2023

23 Jul 2020

Quintessa is pleased to announce its strongest ever participation in DECOVALEX. DECOVALEX is an industry leading collaboration between waste management organisations, regulators, research institutes and consultants to build understanding in modelling complex coupled thermal-hydraulic-mechanical-che…

Quintessa is Recruiting - Mathematical Modelling Consultant

22 Jul 2020

Mathematical and statistical modelling of complex systems, and associated scientific software development, represent important parts of Quintessa’s activities. Major current areas of work include nuclear reactors, geological storage facilities for carbon dioxide and radioactive waste repositories.…

Quintessa Celebrates UK Employee Ownership Day 2020

26 Jun 2020

Although under different cirumstances, Employee Owners at Quintessa were once again delighted to be part of the UK Employee Ownership (EO) Day, a national celebration of the positive impact of employee ownership.

Quintessa presents progress at Third Annual Meeting of Beacon Project

11 Jun 2020

In May 2020, Quintessa staff attended a virtual meeting for all partners of the Euratom Beacon (Bentonite Mechanical Evolution) project. The meeting was originally scheduled to be held at the University of Liège in Belgium, but due to travel restrictions during the Covid-19 pandemic, the decision w…

Celebrating #1ofTheMillion Day

10 Jun 2020

Quintessa celebrates the fact that our principal assets are talented individuals with leading edge expertise in their chosen fields and a passion for problem solving. Respect for each other and for all stakeholders in Quintessa is a paramount principle. With a workforce that already exceeds the 40%…

DECOVALEX-2019: Third annual report available

22 May 2020

Radioactive Waste Management (RWM) has recently published the third annual report of the DECOVALEX-2019 project. DECOVALEX is a long-standing international collaboration between waste management organisations, regulators, research institutions and their supporting organisations, investigating compl…

Addressing Climate and Environmental Change in Post-closure Safety Assessment of Solid Radioactive Waste Disposal

7 May 2020

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has published a new technical document providing a common framework for addressing long-term climate and environmental change in post-closure safety assessments of solid radioactive waste disposal. The document reflects the output of Working Group 6 of…

Quintessa's ongoing response to the Covid-19 pandemic

30 Mar 2020

Quintessa is continuing to follow UK government advice to ensure we operate as safely as we can during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Quintessa's response to the Covid-19 pandemic

20 Mar 2020

The safety and well being of its employees and the wider community are of utmost importance to Quintessa and, in light of UK government advice, we have introduced a number of measures to help achieve this.

Jenny Burrow Rejoins Quintessa

11 Mar 2020

Quintessa is pleased to announce that Jenny Burrow has rejoined the company on 9th March 2020.

Updates to Free Software Tools: Graph Grabber and Portfolio Picker

11 Mar 2020

Quintessa has recently released updates for two of its free software tools, Graph Grabber and Portfolio Picker. Both new versions are available to download from the Quintessa website.

Quintessa presents at University of Bath's Week of Women in Science

9 Mar 2020

Rebecca Newson gave a talk to students and researchers at the University of Bath on 10th February 2020 as part of the University's Week of Women in Science. The week was jointly hosted by the Network of Women in Physics (NWP) and the student chapter of the Optical Society.

Machine Learning to Estimate Biomechanical Forces

5 Mar 2020

Mark Pogson from Quintessa has co-authored a research paper in the journal Medical Engineering & Physics, which uses machine learning to estimate forces exerted on the body while running, based on data from a body-worn sensor.

New AMBER video tutorials released

27 Jan 2020

Quintessa has released the first set of a series of video tutorials for AMBER 6.4. These tutorial videos are available on Quintessa's YouTube page.