Research

ANSTO's research projects are grouped within the following five themes:

1) Neutron and X-ray science - Investigating materials and biological systems using neutron beams and x-ray scattering

• Food Science
• Neutron scattering- Science/Research
• Neutrons for the hydrogen economy
• Modern diffraction methods applied to Thermo-Mechanical Processes in material sciences
  

2) Health - Diagnosing and treating disease

• CRC in Biomedical Imaging
• Development of radiopharmaceuticals for imaging neurodegeneration
• Development of radiopharmaceuticals for imaging cancer
• Radioisotope target and process development
• Radiation dosimetry for proton and synchrotron x-ray therapy

3) Materials - Developing advanced materials

• Nuclear component integrity
• Applications of new materials technology
• Tools for engineering asset management
• Nanostructural engineering
• Wasteform research and development
• Advanced materials for environment and energy applications
• Atomic scale processes in nuclear materials and minerals

4) Isotopes in the environment - Understanding environmental processes

• Characterisation of biomolecules
• Cosmogenic climate archives in the Southern Hemisphere
• Isotopic tracers in atmospheric transport
• Isotopes for Water
• Radwaste science
• ANSTO Technologies - Leaders in Analytical Science (ATLAS)

5) National interest and capability enhancement - Helping secure our nation

• Security and counter-terrorism
• Detectors and environmental monitoring
• Nuclear forensics and new techniques for classical forensic science