De-risk the ground beneath every safety-relevant structure
A nuclear site is judged on what can be evidenced beneath every safety-relevant structure. GroundIQ characterises the full volume under reactor islands, cooling infrastructure, spent fuel stores and switchyards, bounds each anomaly for targeted confirmation, and records every input and revision in a model a regulator can follow years later.
Three decisions GroundIQ changes on a nuclear site
Siting studies, anomaly confirmation and the audit trail behind both draw on the same ground data, and a nuclear safety case needs all three to hold together. GroundIQ delivers them from one version-controlled model, built over the whole footprint rather than at a scatter of points. The three use-cases below show where it pays off.
Siting studies
Compare candidate sites on the full volume. Layering, stiffness and structure mapped across each option before the siting decision is taken.
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Anomaly detection
Find and bound what a borehole would miss. Weak zones, voids and fault contacts located across the footprint, then confirmed by targeted investigation.
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Safety-case evidence
Keep the evidence audit-ready. Every input, interpretation and revision recorded in a model a regulator can follow years after the decision was taken.
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Fugro and Fermi partner to accelerate UK nuclear siting
Fermi Development is assembling a portfolio of ready-to-build sites for small and advanced modular reactors across the UK. Fugro is its geo-risk partner on that programme, bringing desk studies, site investigation and GroundIQ to site selection and characterisation, so each site reaches final investment decision on evidence rather than assumption.
