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‘The bomb factory’: Living in the shadow of Sydney’s nuclear reactor
21 Jun 2024 01:57 GMT
… proposed building seven new nuclear power stations.Credit: The AgeLast year … s reactor. The radioactive problem produced by seven nuclear power stations would … reactors spruiked by Dutton. The scale of a large nuclear … of OPAL’s predecessor, HIFAR. “We’re not …
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ORNL research could define future of Navy's nuclear fleet, and some want it to end
18 Jan 2024 10:44 GMT
… submarines with onboard nuclear reactors.
Fleischmann, chairman … in International Atomic Energy Agency … High Flux Isotope Reactor at ORNL, according to a National Nuclear … Australian precedent to develop nuclear weapons under the cover of a naval reactor …
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On this day 70yrs ago, the history of ANSTO began with the Atomic Energy Act 1953
14 Apr 2023 20:27 GMT
… complex and sophisticated nuclear nations.
Early … early 1950s.
The Australian Atomic Energy Commission (AAEC … High Flux Australian reactor (HIFAR).
The 10MW thermal high flux heavy water moderated reactor … from Atomic Rise and Fall: The Australian Atomic Energy …
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From the Archives, 1958: HIFAR goes into operation
17 Apr 2023 14:09 GMT
… absorb dangerous neutron.
The reactor building would be sealed … radio active.
Lucas Heights atomic reactor on April 10, 1958. … and epoch making.
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“Nuclear energy has an unlimited future … should go about it.”
HIFAR was in operation until 2007 …
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Targeting subs’ long-term nuclear waste impact
16 Mar 2023 01:19 GMT
… a deterrent.
But nuclear submarines mean nuclear waste. And for … Australia will not manufacture nuclear reactors. The US and later … It’s small compared to nuclear power plants. But it weighs over … entered the nuclear age with our original HIFAR reactor at Lucas …
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Australia hasn’t figured out low-level nuclear waste storage yet – let alone high-level waste from submarines
15 Mar 2023 05:17 GMT
… a deterrent.
But nuclear submarines mean nuclear waste. And for … Australia will not manufacture nuclear reactors. The US and later … It’s small compared to nuclear power plants. But it weighs over … entered the nuclear age with our original HIFAR reactor at Lucas …
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Australia to receive UK nuclear waste shipment amid bitter dispute over national storage facility
20 Oct 2021 17:03 GMT
… fuel rods from its Hifar reactor – the predecessor to … reactor – to the UK to be recycled into fuel for nuclear power plants … Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (Arpansa) … s planned acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines, and …
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Australian Reactor Shutdown Highlights Vital Need for New Source of Medical Isotopes
16 Jul 2018 12:30 GMT
… announced that a nuclear reactor in Australia, the Open Pool Australian Lightwater (OPAL … suppliers. Fewer than a dozen nuclear reactors supply the entire world. … which produces the high flux needed for isotope generation. US Nuclear Corp., having …
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Nuclear waste from Australia's only reactor ready to be dumped
12 Apr 2018 01:39 GMT
… by the Australian Nuclear Science and … reactors.
It is the 10th time that company will export nuclear … High-Flux Australian Reactor, which was decomissioned in 2007 after 50 years of service.
Nuclear … quot;.
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Neutrinos, atomic clocks and an experiment to detect a time dilation
09 Feb 2021 19:50 GMT
… stations with atomic clocks in proximity to the reactor, where … the best clocks.
Credit: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation … experiment, commercially available high-precision clocks are being … at it at other nuclear reactors and then look …