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How safe is OPAL?

The OPAL research reactor's design and integrated safety features mean it is extremely safe; a fact confirmed by independent analysis.

Dr. Mitra Safavi-Naeini
Research Leader, ANSTO and CEO of GaiaPOD. Particle physicist. Entrepreneur. Inventor. Science realist and Superstar of STEM.

Dr Safavi-Naeini is the Acting Leader of the Centre for Accelerator Science. She is a particle physicist and previously had a role as a research leader at the Human Health group.

Nuclear facts

Nuclear facts

Nuclear science is applied by ANSTO's scientists in many areas that are vital to Australia's future, including agriculture, industry and manufacturing, minerals construction, health and environment. Our work in the development and applications and new knowledge and skills arises from world-class experience in nuclear science and technologies.

Agriculture study

Radiocarbon study provides insight into soil carbon dynamics and effects of agriculture.

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Mitigation and Optimisation of Radiation Responses

This program explores the mechanism and outcome of the interaction of radiation on biological systems in order to improve our understanding of the impact of radiation on the brain, optimise radiotherapy and develop mitigation strategies for space travellers.

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Accessing ANSTO’s Service Portal

ANSTO offers a broad range of programs and services to various industries and customers. Many of these services, including the Australian Nuclear Medicine Traceability program, are supported by online customer portals.

Governance at ANSTO

Governance

ANSTO is a highly regulated organisation. Our governance system and processes provide critical guidance to effectively manage ANSTO’s activities. This section outlines the processes and systems that are in place to provide assurance to Government, our stakeholders and the community that we are working within our regulated and mandated requirements.

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Capabilities and applications

CAS delivers ultra-sensitive analysis and precision irradiation within an end-to-end user experience framework, supporting the research journey from initial idea through to impact and training the next generation of scientists and innovators.

Safeguarding the future of nuclear medicine production

Safeguarding the future of Australia's nuclear medicine

The new facility will be built around a product line of ANSTO’s design – a new Technetium-99m generator – that will enable greater process automation than is possible with existing technology, leading to improvements in efficiency, quality and importantly the highest levels of production safety.

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