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The future of computing

The future of computing

Dr Stuart Parkin, an international authority on the techniques most likely to transform IT, delivered a public lecture on 25 February.
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Agreement set to advance knowledge

Curtin University of Technology has signed a four-year, $1.2 million agreement with ANSTO to research nuclear waste storage.
Professor John Dodson

Environmental research at ANSTO

Nuclear tools provide insights into past climate change, human impacts on the environment, water resources and air pollution, explains Professor John Dodson.

 

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Season's greetings

The real cause of climate change

Nuclear techniques are providing valuable insights into the mechanisms of abrupt climate change, particularly for one of the most important and controversial periods during the last deglaciation, the Younger Dryas (YD) cold reversal.
NASA spaceview earth

Robust processes and measurable targets ...

ANSTO's safety policies are framed around providing
a people-safe workplace that minimises the organisation's impact on the environment ...
OPAL pool

OPAL status:

The reactor is planned to operate in cycles for 300 days in 2010 with short maintenance shutdowns.
Full power operating this year:  days
Laboratory monitoring

Benefits for Australia ...

ANSTO undertakes and facilitates research that advances the application of nuclear science and technology for all Australians.
Arafura

For the full range ...

ANSTO provides a range of commercial products and services to industry, including the mining and nuclear medicine industries. 

From the following list, choose one activity that ANSTO does NOT do:

From the following list, choose one activity that ANSTO does NOT do:

Carry out neutron scattering research to examine the structure of materials
 
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Produce electricity with the OPAL reactor
 
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Carry out research into climate change
 
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Produce nuclear medicines for hospitals
 
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