ARPANSA - Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency

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  ANSTO submission - modified fuel for reactor

  On 21 December 2007, ARPANSA's CEO, Dr John Loy, received a submission from the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) seeking approval for a new design of fuel for the Open Pool Australian Light-water (OPAL) reactor.

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  Australian Radiation Incident Register (ARIR)

  Information about the ARIR, a database of radiation incident reports provided by Commonwealth, State and Territory radiation protection authorities, is now available on this website.

current activities

• Survey of Residential Magnetic Fields in Melbourne

  ARPANSA is conducting a survey of power frequency magnetic fields in approximately 300 randomly selected homes in metropolitan Melbourne.

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