ANSTO submissions and discussion papers
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The following section represents an archive of recent talks, submissions and discussion papers.
ANSTO talks
What is Australia's nuclear future? ANSTO CEO, Dr Adi Paterson, delivers his thoughts on Australia's nuclear future as part of a talk given to Bragg Institute scientists in late December, 2009.
ANSTO submissions and discussion papers
Thorium fuel cycle - an alternative source of nuclear energy to the uranium fuel cycle (2009).
Nuclear power in Australia - ANSTO energy submission to the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism (2009).
Energy security - ANSTO submission to the Senate Select Committee on Fuel and Energy, July 2009.
Nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament - ANSTO submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties’ Inquiry into Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament, January 2009, plus supplementary information, April 2009.
Regional issues
ANSTO's relationship with ASEAN - ANSTO submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade’s Inquiry into Australia's Relationship with ASEAN (October 2008).
Security of radioactive sources in Papua New Guinea - ANSTO submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade’s Inquiry into the economic and security challenges facing Papua New Guinea and the island states of the southwest Pacific (October 2008).
Owen enquiry - ANSTO submission into NSW energy needs, June 2007.
Information papers
Nuclear Options Paper - Introducing nuclear power to Australia; an economic comparison. By Professor John Gittus, August 2006.
Speeches by ANSTO chairman, Ziggy Switkowski
When will Australia be ready for Nuclear Power?” Keynote address to the Australian Nuclear Association (ANA) at it annual conference, 2 October 2009.
Nuclear Power – The perspective in 2009. “Why we need to talk about nuclear power if we are serious about clean energy” (Royal Society of Victoria - June 11, 2009).
Attitudes to nuclear
The Sydney Morning Herald story on a survey suggesting that that one in two Australians favour consideration of nuclear power to reduce carbon pollution. Read the story here.
International debates
Copenhagen – Going beyond Kyoto. Comment by ANSTO’s Strategy, Government and International Relations team regarding the upcoming conference and whether nuclear power will be included as part of the Clean Development Mechanism.
Non ANSTO documents
Nuclear power in Australia
Report of the Uranium Mining, Processing and Nuclear Power Review (UMPNER), provided to the Federal Government in 2006.