COMMUNITY INFORMATION SESSION:
CALL FOR PUBLIC SUBMISSION ON ANSTO LICENCE APPLICATIONS FOR INTERIM RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORE, MOLYBDENUM-99 PRODUCTION FACILITY AND COLOCATED WASTE TREATMENT FACILITY

THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013, 6pm to 9pm
ENGADINE COMMUNITY CENTRE

INTRODUCTION & PROGRAM

Introduction:
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA), the Australian Government’s nuclear safety regulator, has received the following applications for authorisation under the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1988 (the Act): 

Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) application for a licence to site and construct a store for intermediate level solid radioactive waste (commonly known as the ‘Interim Waste Store’)
ANSTO application for a licence to site a facility for the production of Molybdenum-99 (commonly known as the ‘ANSTO Nuclear Medicine Molybdenum-99 Facility’)
ANSTO application for a licence to site and construct a facility to condition and store unsealed radioactive sources (commonly known as the ‘SyMo Waste Conditioning Facility’)
In accordance with the Act and accompanying regulations, the CEO is seeking submissions from individuals and community groups on the Interim Waste Store and ANSTO Nuclear Medicine Molybdenum-99 Facility .  

Purpose:
The purpose of this Community Information Session is to:
•	outline the process ARPANSA will use to assess and decide each application including the way in which the Agency will seek and take into account public submissions; and
•	inform you of the nature and details of each application and direct you to sources of information that you could draw on in making a submission and monitor progress of the assessment and decision-making process.

Program:

Chair: Dr Carl-Magnus Larsson, CEO of ARPANSA

6pm:		Welcome and introductory comments by Dr Larsson, CEO of ARPANSA

6:05pm	Introductory comments by Dr Adi Paterson, CEO of ANSTO

6:10pm	Outline of ARPANSA regulatory assessment and decision-making process
		Briefing on ARPANSA’s community consultation process 
Mr Martin Dwyer, Head Operations Services Branch, ARPANSA
		
6:20pm	Q&A session on ARPANSA regulatory and community consultation processes

6:30pm	Break: tea, coffee and biscuits

6:45pm	Single Presentation on ANSTO applications for licences for the:
•	ANSTO Nuclear Medicine Molybdenum-99 Facility; and
•	SyMo Waste Conditioning Facility
		Mr Shaun Jenkinson, General Manager ANSTO Health and Dr Sam Morrica, Director of Technology, ANSTO

7:15pm	Q&A session ANSTO Nuclear Medicine Molybdenum-99 Facility licence application

7:30pm	Break: tea, coffee and biscuits

7:45pm	Licensing of Radioactive Waste Storage and Disposal Facilities
Dr Geoff Williams, Operations Services Branch, ARPANSA

8pm 	ANSTO application for a licence for the Interim Waste Store
		Mr Lubi Dimitrovski, General Manager Nuclear Operations, ANSTO

8:30pm	Q&A session on Interim Waste Store licence application

8:45pm	Wrap-up and Close
		Dr Larsson, CEO of ARPANSA

Information sources for making a submission:
ANSTO’s applications can be downloaded from the ARPANSA website at www.arpansa.gov.au 

Submissions must be received by 12 June 2013. Email submissions are preferred; however submissions may also be faxed or posted:

Email address: 	subANSTOiws@arpansa.gov.au 

Fax Number:		02 9541 8348

Postal Address:  	CEO of ARPANSA
			PO Box 655
			MIRANDA  NSW  1490

Please note that unless requested otherwise, submissions may be made public and published on ARPANSA’s website.