Gemini News 

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EPD Calibrator
An automatic PED Calibrator that follows the guidance of MGPG 113
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More details.

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Gemini Technology HSE Statement.
We would like to announce the conclusion of five years since HSE (Health and Safety Executive) were alerted to an incident during a service call-out at one of our customer’s sites. After five court dates and endless discussions, and finally getting the correct legal advice, we pleaded guilty to two charges: "section 2(1) of the Act" and "Regulation 9 (1) of the IRR17" for undertaking work with ionising radiation without a Risk Assessment on 7th September 2018, and failing to restrict radiation in the most ALARP method to a Gemini Technology employee on the day. The employee’s EPD and TLD dose recorded were 0.00 mSv but its accepted that the dose to his hand would have been significant (1-2 mSv) for the minute of the operation and this could have been greatly reduced, if the correct equipment was available.

We have been ordered to pay a fine of £16,000 and £25,000 of prosecution fees as ordered by a Crown Court Judge.

Although it hurts to receive the prosecutions against Gemini Technology, given that we have never had an incident during 30 years of operating, We cannot defend that on that day the company made the wrong decision to put our customer first. We should have left the site until the required safe systems of work and equipment were in place.

We have dramatically changed our servicing division after that date (appointing our own Radiation Protection Advisor (RPA)) and now operate at a much higher level with a comprehensive radiation management structure, which contains every document that we need to carry out this work in the future. We continue to work with the RPA to ensure that no such incident will happen again under our control.

We would like to thank all our customers for their support and advice during these five years and ensure them that it’s business as usual for Gemini Technology.

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Radiation Protection Today Magazine
and AOrg Directory 

We have just received the 4th Issue of the incredibly successful Radiation Protection Today magazine from the SRP. Director Gary Teague has been involved in the committee from the start and has an active role in writing articles for the magazine and helping with key decisions. We support the SRP by advertising in the magazine, showcasing our latest news. Included with the magazine was the new Associated Organisations Directory for 2023, we are now up to 74 Affiliates which is a 14% increase from last year!!

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IRPA Budapest 

We attended the European IRPA in Budapest and shared our stand with the SRP to showcase the exciting news that Liverpool and the SRP will be the next destination in 2026. The conference was very enjoyable and Budapest was a beautiful city.
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Affiliate Member of the HPS Society 

We are excited to announce that we have been accepted as an Affiliate member with the HPS Society. Please see the link to our new page on the website:
 http://hps.org/aboutthesociety/affiliates/affiliate248.html
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HPS Society 2023 Exhibition 

​​After a very successful exhibition at the HPS Congress in Florida 2019, we have decided to return for the 2023 Congress in Maryland July 24-27. Please visit our booth #310 and meet CEO Gary Teague.

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Fin SRP 60TH Anniversary Conference in Aberdeen
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We are looking forward to the big 60th anniversary conference for the SRP in Aberdeen 25-27 April 2023. We will be at stand 29 to chat about our products and introduce young Rory who will be experiencing a Conference for the first time.

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Singapore  Irradiator 
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We finally travelled to Singapore in November 2021 to install the new Gamma Calibration Facility. It was a wonderful experience even with the restrictions from Covid-19.

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Finland Irradiator 
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​​We successfully installed our new generation Gamma Irradiator in Finland May 2022. The new premises at our customers site was spectacular and we had a great experience in Finland.

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X-Ray Irradiator Install 

Our newly designed X-Ray Calibration system was successfully manufactured and installed in 2022. We are very proud of it and hope that this will be the start of a major key change in market over the next 5-10 years.
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New SRP Affiliated Organisation (AOrg) Rep Announcement

You may have seen in the SRP Weekly e-newsletter that Gary Teague, from Gemini Technology, will be your new SRP AOrg Rep as of the AGM (Tuesday 28 April); which is taking place during the Annual Conference.  Gary said;
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"I am very proud to become the AOrg Rep for the SRP.  Gemini have been attending SRP events for 6 years and have always been made to feel extremely welcome, and encouraged to be vocal with ways to improve the experience for AOrgs that make the commitment to exhibit at SRP events.  I’m confident that I will provide a good voice for us, and my aim is to improve everyone’s experience for the better."

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Gemini Open New Office​
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Gemini have completed the opening of their European office. Located in The Hague in the Netherlands, under the name GeminiTech Global, Gemini are hoping to develop their European customer base and offer improved support to products across the continent.
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Director Gary Teague said 'Our Dutch office forms part of an overall international expansion strategy and development of new markets”.

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SRP Affiliate Membership

Gemini Technology have had their Affiliate Membership approved, with the SRP organisation. We look forward to supporting the SRP at future conferences and workshops.

We'd like to take the opportunity to thank them for their support.

Click Here to visit the SRP website.

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