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ANSTO has a role in the global monitoring system on behalf of Australia to ensure non-proliferation of weapons and that nuclear technology is only used for peaceful purposes.

Explore ANSTO's range of publications and reports available for the public.

In space, without the protection of the magnetosphere, the type and dose of radiation is considerably different to what is naturally experienced on earth.

ANSTO launches new area of space research in collaboration with the National Centre for Space Studies and the National Institute of Health and Medical research in France.

ANSTO User Meeting 2021 - Speakers

The Centre for Acclerator Science operates accelerators that can be used for space radiation testing.

The User Office is the first point of contact for all new and returning facility users accessing ANSTO’s wide range of world-class research infrastructure. These users may be internal ANSTO researchers, external merit researchers, commercial clients, scientific collaborators and partners.

ABC has reported space research on plants being sent to the moon at the Centre for Accelerator Science.

A Powerhouse exhibition was recognised with a prestigious Museums and Galleries National Award for Research at a ceremony in Perth this morning.  The Invisible Revealed exhibition was organised in collaboration with ANSTO and the University of NSW.

Approximately 200 external users access the accelerators through the merit-based system, in-kind partnerships and pay for service arrangements,

Researchers from the Health Research and Technology Group at ANSTO and the University of Wollongong have developed a new device that could improve the quality control of accelerator-based boron neutron capture therapy, a promising radiation therapy for treating aggressive cancers. 

In 2023 we’re celebrating the 70th Anniversary since Australia began developing our nation’s Australia’s nuclear capabilities.

CEO Shaun Jenkinson, Group Executive for Nuclear Science and Technology Andrew Peele and ANSTO NCRIS Facility Directors, Jamie Schulz, Tamim Darwish, Ceri Brenner and Mitra Safavi-Naeini, attended the Parliamentary Reception to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Australian Government’s National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) in June.

ANSTO radiocarbon facilities and scientists are featured in a new IMAX documentary film released in the United States.

In Australia and the Southeast Asia basin, the ANSTO facility offers a wide range of unique nuclear-beam techniques for cultural heritage research.