Atŏmum Serviços Tecnológicos

What Atŏmum Serviços Tecnológicos does

Atŏmum Serviços Tecnológicos Ltda is a privately held Brazilian nuclear engineering services firm founded in 2016 and headquartered in Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro. It provides on-site industrial plant and equipment evaluation services using short half-life radiotracer techniques, where radioactive tracers with half-lives ranging from hours to a maximum of two days are injected into industrial systems and tracked by externally positioned detectors to monitor flow, residence time, mixing, and equipment performance in real time without interrupting operations. The company is licensed by Brazil's Comissão Nacional de Energia Nuclear (CNEN) to deliver these radiological services and serves six industrial verticals: oil and gas, cement, mining, chemical, environment, and industrial mixers. Its technical team originated from the Instituto de Engenharia Nuclear (IEN/CNEN) and holds Technical Cooperation Agreements with IEN and with Fundação Coppetec at UFRJ, and it is hosted in a UFRJ/Coppetec-associated enterprise incubator.

The firm's offering is a single methodological platform — radiotracer injection plus external detection plus proprietary real-time analysis software plus portable, easy-to-install equipment — applied across distinct service lines including flow measurement and flow meter calibration, industrial mixer evaluation, and effluent treatment plant optimization. Revenue mechanics are project-based B2B professional services with quote-based pricing tailored to each engagement; customers are enterprise industrial operators engaged through direct technical sales (phone, email, field) rather than through channel partners or digital marketing. The company reports no subsidiaries, no external funding, and operates exclusively in Brazil with no disclosed named enterprise customer logos, indicating a small-scale operation reliant on the specialized credentials of its founding team and its CNEN license as primary commercial differentiators.

Name

Atŏmum Serviços Tecnológicos

Legal name

ATŎMUM Serviços Tecnológicos Ltda

Website

https://atomum.com.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Atŏmum Serviços Tecnológicos is a CNEN-licensed Brazilian nuclear engineering firm that provides on-site industrial plant evaluation services using short half-life radiotracers, serving enterprise clients in oil and gas, cement, mining, chemical, environment, and industrial mixing sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Diagnostic Services

SIC

Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823)

akta.pro primary industry

Nuclear Materials Testing, Assay & Characterization Services (NDA/NDE, radiochemistry, materials analysis) (EUAKAIAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Radiation Protection & Health Physics (ALARA, Dosimetry, Contamination Control) (EUAKABAH)

Keywords

• Radiotracer diagnostics
• Industrial flow measurement
• Process optimization services
• Residence time analysis
• Nuclear engineering services

Headquarters

HQ city

Rio De Janeiro

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Industrial Radiotracer Services: Professional technology services providing industrial plant evaluation, process optimization, and equipment assessment using radiotracer techniques. Services are project-based and tailored to specific industrial client needs including flow measurement, residence time studies, mixer evaluation, and heat exchanger assessment.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Atŏmum provides industrial plant and equipment evaluation services using radiotracer technology. Short half-life radioactive tracers (hours to a maximum of two days) are injected into industrial systems and tracked by externally positioned detectors, with proprietary software analyzing signals in real time. The methodology enables non-invasive process diagnostics and optimization without interrupting normal plant operations, applied across oil and gas, cement, mining, chemical, environmental, and industrial mixer sectors.

Product overview

Atŏmum Serviços Tecnológicos is a single-service technology company providing radiotracer-based industrial evaluation services. The core offering is Radiotracer Technology Services, which uses short half-life radioactive tracers (hours to two days) to evaluate industrial plants and equipment in real-time without disrupting normal operations. This core service is applied across specialized service offerings including Flow Measurement and Calibration Services, Industrial Mixer Evaluation, and Effluent Treatment Plant Optimization. All services share the same methodological platform—short half-life radiotracer injection with external detectors and specialized analysis software—applied to different industrial contexts including Oil & Gas, Cement, Mining, Environment, Chemical, and Industrial Mixer sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Radiotracer Technology Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Increased productivity through process optimization
• +3 more outcomes

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Fundação CoppeteccoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation agreement for scientific and technological exchange in the Nuclear Energy area. Partnership with Coppetec Foundation at UFRJ (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro) for research and development collaboration.
• Instituto de Engenharia Nuclear (IEN/CNEN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnical Cooperation Agreement for development of new nuclear technologies for industry use. The IEN (Institute of Nuclear Engineering) is part of CNEN and located at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro campus. The company's technical team originated from IEN researchers.
• Incubadora de EmpresasminorOthersCompany is incubated through an enterprise incubator, likely associated with UFRJ/Coppetec to support early-stage technology company development.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Intertek: Intertek is a global TIC firm offering process diagnostics, flow measurement, and asset integrity services to similar industrial verticals. Comparable to Atŏmum as a broad incumbent in industrial quality and process optimization, though not focused on nuclear tracer methodology.
• SGS: SGS is a global testing, inspection, and certification (TIC) company offering industrial inspection, flow measurement, and process diagnostics across oil & gas, mining, and chemicals. While not specialized in radiotracers, SGS competes for industrial process optimization budgets and could expand into radiotracer-adjacent services.
• Bureau Veritas: Bureau Veritas provides industrial inspection, asset integrity, and laboratory services to oil & gas, mining, cement, and chemicals. Comparable to Atŏmum as a broad incumbent that competes for industrial diagnostic and process optimization contracts, though without radiotracer specialization.

Regional players

• Invap: Invap is an Argentine state-owned nuclear technology firm providing isotope production, radiochemistry, and applied nuclear services across Latin America. Comparable to Atŏmum as a regional peer applying nuclear techniques to industrial and scientific applications in South America.

Direct peers

• Tracerco: Tracerco (part of Johnson Matthey) is a global leader in industrial radiotracer and process diagnostics services, offering flow measurement, residence time distribution, and leak detection to oil & gas, petrochemical, and refining customers. It is the most direct international peer to Atŏmum, applying essentially the same short half-life radiotracer methodology to industrial plant optimization.
• National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL): NNL is the UK government's national nuclear laboratory offering radiochemistry, isotope production, and applied nuclear technology services to industry. Comparable to Atŏmum's IEN/CNEN partnership model and to its industrial radiotracer service capabilities.
• Studsvik: Studsvik is a Swedish nuclear services firm providing radiation protection, isotope technology, and fuel-related services to nuclear and industrial clients. Comparable to Atŏmum as a specialized nuclear-technology services provider applying radiochemistry and tracer expertise to industrial customers.

Others

• Veolia Nuclear Solutions: Veolia Nuclear Solutions provides decommissioning, waste management, and radiation services to nuclear and industrial clients. Comparable to Atŏmum as a nuclear/radiological services ecosystem participant serving similar end customers.
• Mirion Technologies: Mirion Technologies manufactures radiation detection and measurement instrumentation used in nuclear, industrial, and medical applications. Comparable to Atŏmum as an adjacent radiation-detection ecosystem participant; supplies the type of external detectors Atŏmum uses in its tracer campaigns.
• Petrobras CENPES: Petrobras' CENPES research center develops in-house process diagnostics and tracer methodologies for the Brazilian oil & gas sector. Relevant as a large in-house potential customer/competitor for radiotracer-based flow and RTD services in Brazil.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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