Audio interviews

David Hill

Interview with Dr Adrian (Adi) Paterson - CEO

Talking about ANSTO In coming years, ANSTO will be a source of significant new discoveries, producing new knowledge, capabilities and technologies. Some of these will be applied to ANSTO's own operations. Others will be developed through targeted research, with the benefits distributed widely through adoption in other organisations and through commercialisation.
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David Hill

Interview with Dr Rob Robinson, Head of The Bragg Institute

Talking about The Bragg Institute The Bragg Institute leads Australia in the use of neutron scattering and X-ray techniques to solve complex research and industrial problems in many important fields.
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Professor Lyndon Edwards

Interview with Professor Lyndon Edwards, Head of the Institute of Materials Engineering

Talking about The Institute of Materials Engineering (IME) The Institute of Materials Engineering has a long history and strong reputation for its work in developing nuclear wasteforms, such as Synroc, materials modelling and structural integrity research.
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Professor Peter Holden

Interview with Professor Peter Holden

Talking about The National Deuteration Facility (NDF) The NDF helps scientists investigate the relationship between the structure and function of proteins, DNA, synthetic polymers or other materials known as 'soft matter'.
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Dr Andrew Smith

Interview with Dr Andrew Smith

Talking about methane in Greenland's ice sheets - and the 'good news' on climate change Ice core research has revealed that a vast, potential source of the potent greenhouse gases, methane, is more stable in a warming world than previously thought.
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Dr Ron Weiner

Interview with Dr Ron Weiner

Talking about the Radiopharmaceutical Research Institute The Radiopharmaceuticals Research Institute (RRI) is engaged in the research, development and application of radiopharmaceutical technology for biomedical imaging.
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Prof John Dodson

Interview with Prof John Dodson

Talking about the Institute of Environmental Research The Institute for Environmental Research (IER) at ANSTO has a unique set of expertise and tools with the capacity to measure, monitor and attempt to mitigate global and local environmental challenges.
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Scott Chambers

Interview with Scott Chambers

Forest fires - do they burn or global warm? Forest fires that rage out of control have always been suspected of having a climate warming effect because of the carbon released into the atmosphere. However, research over the past few years, and recently published in a science book for children, shows that when forests regrow after a fire they actually have a cooling effect.
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David Hill

Interview with David Hill

Nuclear Forensic techniques Listen to David Hill discuss the work of the national security research team developing new skills in forensic science.
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Jessica Veliscek Carolan

Isotopic signatures applied to living creatures

Talking about the environment Listen to how the study of yabbies reveals better methods of managing freshwater ecosystems.
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Clean Air Forum

Open Day forum on clean energy

"Cleaner energy options for our future" *NOTE: Large file Panel discussion chaired by Robyn Williams, with ANSTO Chairman Dr Ziggy Switkowski and other energy experts.
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