Innovative food origin tech showcased at World Expo
ANSTO can confirm it has completed its 9th successful export of spent fuel. The spent fuel, from OPAL, ANSTO’s multipurpose reactor, has gone to France for reprocessing.
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Inaugural deaf youth science camp an “incredible opportunity”
20 years of OPAL: The reactor powering Australian science, medicine and innovation
This week marks 20 years since ANSTO’s OPAL multi-purpose reactor first achieved criticality - a defining moment for Australian nuclear science and the beginning of two decades of discoveries, medical advances and industrial innovation delivered from ANSTO’s Lucas Heights campus.
End of an era for Australia’s first nuclear reactor
Showcasing the power of ANSTO research to support food safety, security and productivity in Southeast Asia and the Pacific
ANSTO has recently participated in a regional program in Bangkok, Thailand, on food safety, security, and productivity using nuclear science and technology in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands.
OPAL reactor back online after planned long shutdown
ANSTO’s OPAL multi-purpose research reactor at Lucas Heights has officially returned to power and recommenced operations, following a months-long planned shutdown to carry out essential maintenance and upgrades.
Safe export of spent fuel
ANSTO can confirm it has completed its 9th successful export of spent fuel. The spent fuel, from OPAL, ANSTO’s multipurpose reactor, has gone to France for reprocessing.
Australian-first facility to back critical minerals
Breakthrough dual Gamma and Neutron Imager improves nuclear safety
The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), will launch its new radiation detection technology, the CORIS360 Gamma Neutron Imager (CORIS360 GNI), at the 2026 Waste Management Symposia in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, this March.
New nuclear medicine manufacturing facility
National kids science comp winners
ANSTO is delighted to announce the winners of the 2026 Think Science! competition.
Deaf teens get rare access to nuclear science
Eighteen Deaf and hard-of-hearing young people aged 12 to 17 from around Australia descend on ANSTO’s Lucas Heights campus for Deaf Youth Science Camp today.
Australian–New Zealand scientific partnership
ARPANSA Direction
2026 DMTC Guest of the Chair Fellowship
ANSTO hosted workshop brings scientists together from Asia and the Pacific to address food fraud using nuclear science and technology
WA outback proves no match for Aussie nuclear know-how
A dedicated team of radiation specialists from the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) are behind the successful detection and rapid retrieval of a missing radioactive source in outback Western Australia.
Imaging at ANSTO supported Curtin University-led research that discovered the oldest 3D heart in a 380-million-year-old fossilised fish
Researchers have discovered a 380-million-year-old heart – the oldest ever found – alongside a separate fossilised stomach, intestine and liver in an ancient jawed fish, shedding new light on the evolution of our own bodies.
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