News from 2021

News Items

Ian Hiscock appointed as new External Trustee Director

13 Dec 2021

Quintessa is delighted to announce that Ian Hiscock has been appointed as a new External Trustee Director to sit on its Employee Ownership Trust (EOT) board from April 2022.

David Bailey joins Quintessa

9 Dec 2021

Quintessa is pleased to announce that David Bailey joined the company on 1ˢᵗ December 2021.

Quintessa supports the Northern Endurance Partnership through independent review of a Risk Management Plan

2 Dec 2021

Quintessa has recently provided an independent review of containment risks in the Endurance aquifer for CO₂ storage of the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP)’s Carbon, Capture, Usage and Storage (CCUS) project.

Quintessa Provides Training Course to SERAW on DSRS

29 Nov 2021

Over a two week period in October and November, Quintessa provided a training course on the disposal of disused sealed radioactive sources (DSRS) to seven participants from the Bulgarian State Enterprise Radioactive Waste (SERAW) remotely, via video conference. SERAW is responsible for the safe man…

Supporting LLW Repository Ltd’s ESC Team

29 Oct 2021

Quintessa is pleased to announce that it is one of five lead-contractors which have been selected to support the LLW Repository Ltd’s Environmental Safety Case (ESC) Support Framework (Lot 2).

Quintessa are currently advertising for a new External Trustee Director to sit on the Employee Ownership Trust board from April 2022

27 Aug 2021

Quintessa are currently advertising for a new External Trustee Director to sit on the Employee Ownership Trust board from April 2022

AMBER Tutorial Videos released

19 Aug 2021

The getting started tutorial for AMBER, Quintessa's Compartment Modelling Software, has recently been converted into a series of tutorial videos, with additional explanations and information.

University students Tommy Partington and Sam Rudgyard start their placement year at Quintessa

17 Aug 2021

Quintessa welcomes Tommy Partington and Sam Rudgyard from the University of Bath as they start placements with us as part of undergraduate courses in Physics and Physics with Astrophysics, respectively.

How did Quintessa’s EURO 2020 Sports Rating Algorithm Perform?

13 Aug 2021

Quintessa mathematicians and scientists enjoy analysing data. Recently, Simon Rookyard presented predictions of the results in the knock-out stages of the UEFA EURO 2020 Football Championship, based on an algorithm developed within Quintessa. Now the competition is complete, it is possible to prese…

Supporting Independent Review of SKB’s safety evaluation SE-SFL

27 Jul 2021

The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM) is tasked with reviewing the safety evaluation of the planned geological repository for long-lived low and intermediate level waste (SE-SFL), as prepared by the Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company (SKB). Quintessa has provided support in un…

Quintessa completes a CCUS risk checklist for the Oil & Gas Authority (OGA)

19 Jul 2021

Quintessa has recently completed a project for the Oil & Gas Authority (OGA) aimed at describing the risks and mitigations associated with Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage (CCUS) on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) to assist the OGA Carbon Storage Licence stewardship.

Renato Zagorscak gains Chartership

28 Jun 2021

Quintessa is pleased to announce that Renato Zagorscak has become Chartered Engineer and Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers (CEng MICE)

Sports Rating Algorithm Predicts UEFA EURO 2020 Knock-out Stages

25 Jun 2021

Quintessa mathematicians and scientists enjoy analysing data. Recently, Simon Rookyard presented predictions of the results in the group stage of the on-going European Football Championship, based on an algorithm developed within Quintessa. With the group stage of the competition now complete, it i…

Sports Rating Algorithm Predicts UEFA EURO 2020 Group Results

10 Jun 2021

Quintessa mathematicians and scientists enjoy analysing numbers. As part of an internally-funded project, Simon Rookyard has developed an algorithm for sports team rating and result prediction. It will be put through its paces during the upcoming European Football Championship.

Quintessa is Recruiting – Scientific Software Developer

9 Jun 2021

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 assessing the safety of nuclear reactors, geological storage facilities for carbon dioxide and radioact…

Quintessa Celebrates World Day for Cultural Diversity

4 Jun 2021

On Friday 21ˢᵗ May, Quintessa employees came together to recognise and celebrate the World Day for Cultural Diversity, as recognised by the UN.

Quintessa Employee Presents at Young Speakers Competition

3 Jun 2021

On 28ᵗʰ April, Quintessa employee Rebecca Newson earned second place in the Central England Branch of the Nuclear Institute 2021 Young Speakers Competition with a talk entitled How (Not) to Predict the Future: Use of Scenarios to Assess Long-Term Safety of Nuclear Waste Disposal.

Quintessa Provides Web-hosted Training Course to SERAW

1 Jun 2021

Over a two week period in March and April, Quintessa provided a web-hosted training course on safety assessment and the application of the AMBER compartment modelling tool to seven participants from the Bulgarian State Enterprise Radioactive Waste (SERAW).

GoldSim Training for LLWR Repository Ltd

26 May 2021

Alex Bond, supported by Alan Paulley and George Towler, provided a week-long, web-hosted course to LLW Repository Ltd. (LLWR) (the operator of the UK’s principal disposal facility for Low-Level Waste) on the use of GoldSim to support a wide range of applications.

AMBER 6.5.1 Released

31 Mar 2021

Quintessa is pleased to announce that the latest version of AMBER has been released. AMBER 6.5.1 offers the option of remote licensing, as well as a number of usability improvements and bug fixes.

Celebrating International Day of Happiness

29 Mar 2021

International Day of Happiness was the 20ᵗʰ of March. Although working from home, Quintessa employees spent Friday 19ᵗʰ celebrating this day as best they could!

Renato Zagorscak joins Quintessa

3 Mar 2021

Quintessa is pleased to announce that Renato Zagorscak joined its Henley office on 1ˢᵗ March 2021.

Employee Ownership at Quintessa

11 Jan 2021

Quintessa has been employee owned since its inception over 20 years ago, and since 2014 has been wholly owned by an Employee Ownership Trust. For many people, their only direct experience of employee ownership is shopping in Waitrose or John Lewis. But what does employee ownership really mean for a…