Interim Waste Store

The Interim Waste Store at ANSTO’s Lucas Height site in Sydney is a purpose-built temporary storage facility to house intermediate level solid radioactive waste returning from France and the UK following reprocessing of spent fuel from the former HIFAR research reactor.

Codes and standards

Codes that are regulatory in style and may be referenced by regulations or conditions of licence. They contain either general safety or security requirements which may be applicable for all dealings with radiation, or practice-specific requirements. They provide overarching requirements and are expressed as ‘must’ statements which are to be satisfied to ensure an acceptable level of safety and/or security.

Who we regulate

We are responsible for licensing Commonwealth entities using radiation and for ongoing compliance monitoring of these entities.

Australian Synchrotron

The Australian Synchrotron facility located in Melbourne, Victoria is used for research and development in the areas of advanced materials, biomedical science, defence, agriculture, food technology, environmental science, minerals, nano-technology, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals and scientific instruments.

Independent review of regulatory activities

The independent review of our regulatory activities including the Integrated Regulatory Review Service and the Australian National Audit Office.

National Directory for Radiation Protection (2nd Edition, 2021) (NDRP 2nd edition, 2021)

The purpose of the NDRP is to provide an agreed framework for radiation safety, including both ionising and non-ionising radiation, together with clear regulatory statements to be adopted by the Commonwealth, states and territories.

National Directory for Radiation Protection (RPS6)

<p>National Directory for Radiation Protection (RPS 6) is the uniform national framework for radiation protection in Australia.</p>

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