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ANSTO begins decommissioning Australia's first reactor
05 Mar 2025 00:56 GMT
… the High Flux Australian Reactor, but it is usually known as HIFAR. Located … 10 megawatt reactor, HIFAR pioneered Australia's nuclear medicine production … #39;s nuclear regulator ARPANSA to begin early … of the reactor core, will require additional …
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Nuclear regulator approves first stage of research reactor decommissioning
10 Dec 2024 01:39 GMT
… of Australia’s original nuclear research reactor.
The High Flux Australian Reactor (HIFAR) was a 10 Megawatt … research reactor that commenced operation in …
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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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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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