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Nuclear in Australia
Dr Therese Donlevy
Strategy Coordination
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Australian Nuclear on a Page
• 2 nuclear regulators (ARPANSA and ASNO)
• Uranium Mines
• 1 national Nuclear Science and Technology
Organisation (ANSTO)
• 1 operating research reactor
• Cyclotrons (<18 MeV)
• Accelerators
• Medical radioisotopes
• No nuclear power
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Uranium Deposits
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Uranium Mining
• Uranium exploration and mining is permitted in
South Australia, the Northern Territory and
Western Australia.
• Uranium exploration alone is permitted in
Queensland but mining is banned, as it is in
Victoria and New South Wales.
• Uranium mining in Australia is heavily
regulated, in some areas more so than any
other resource sector.
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Uranium Mining cont.
• Three operating mines are Ranger, in the
Northern Territory; Olympic Dam and Beverley,
in South Australia.
• Two further projects, Honeymoon and Four Mile
in South Australia, have the potential to begin
production within a year to 18 months.
• Several other significant deposits in Western
Australia, such as Yeelirrie and Kintyre, are
currently under development. Production not
likely before 2014.
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Olympic Dam
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Beverley Mine
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Uranium Mining cont.
• Current exports – ~ 10,000 tonnes a year
• Significant expansion opportunity; nearly 40%
of the world’s uranium recoverable at
reasonable cost, yet supply only 19% of the
world market.
• In the short to medium term, exports are
forecast to increase to 14,000 tonnes in 2014,
earning $A1.7billion (ABARE Uranium Outlook
to 2014).
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Uranium Ore Concentrates
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OPAL - Operating
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The Bragg Institute
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HIFAR – safe storage (fuel removed)
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Moata - dismantled
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Cyclotrons
• National Medical
Cyclotron 30 MeV – now
decommissioned
• Ten other <18 MeV
(4 NSW, 3 QLD, 2 VIC,
1 WA)
• Mainly F-18, some Cu-
64 & others for research
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PET Net Solutions Pty Ltd
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Accelerators
2 MV STAR @ ANSTO
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10 MV ANTARES
@ ANSTO
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Centre for Accelerator Sciences
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Australian Synchrotron
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ANSTO Health - Medical Radioisotopes
• Produced at ANSTO
– Mo-99 / Tc-99m
– I-131
– Sm-153
– F-18
– Cr-51
– In-111
• Imported
– I-123
– Ga-67
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Silicon Irradiation
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ANSTO Minerals
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No Nuclear Power
ARPANS Act prohibits certain nuclear installations
(1) Nothing in this Act is to be taken to
authorise the construction or operation of any of
the following nuclear installations:
(a) a nuclear fuel fabrication plant;
(b) a nuclear power plant;
(c) an enrichment plant;
(d) a reprocessing facility.
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No Nuclear Power
(2) The CEO must not issue a licence under
section 32 in respect of any of the facilities
mentioned in subsection (1).
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Storing Nuclear Waste
• National Radioactive Waste Management Act
2012
– Volunteer site
– Low level Waste Repository and Intermediate
Level Waste Store
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ANSTO Waste Management
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ANSTO’s Spent Fuel Reprocessing Waste
• Spent fuel sent to the United Kingdom, France
for reprocessing and the United States for
storage
• Reprocessing wastes to be returned from
France by end 2015
• Reprocessing wastes to be stored on a
temporary basis at ANSTO until National Waste
Management Facility is built and licensed
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ANSTO’s Spent Fuel Reprocessing Waste
Technological ILW cemented in 200L Steel
drum