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Nuclear Regulation in Australia ANA 97 "SECOND CONFERENCE ON NUCLEAR SCIENCE & ENGINEERING IN AUSTRALIA, 1997" MILLENNIUM SYDNEY 16-17 OCTOBER 1997 HOSTED BY THE AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR ASSOCIATION INC. 9 09 ANA 97 "SECOND CONFERENCE ON NUCLEAR SCIENCE & ENGINEERING IN AUSTRALIA, 1997" MILLENNIUM SYDNEY 16 - 17 OCTOBER 1997 HOSTED BY THE AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR ASSOCIATION INC. The Printing of the Conference Handbook was Sponsored by Energy Resources of Australia Ltd ISBN 0 949188 10 7 First published in Australia in 1997 by The Australian Nuclear Association Inc. PO Box 445, Sutherland, NSW 2232 Australia Copyright © 1997 Australian Nuclear Association Inc. This book is copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of fair study, research, criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright Act, no part may be reproduced under any process without written permission from the publisher. Responsibility for the content of the papers rests upon the authors and not the Australian Nuclear Association Inc. Cataloguing-in-Publication entry Australian Nuclear Association Inc. Conference Handbook of the Second Conference on Nuclear Science & Engineering in Australia, 1997 Sydney, NSW, 16-17 October 1997 Includes titles and authors of papers and index of authors ISBN 0 949188 10 7 1. Uranium Resources 2. Radioactive Waste Management 3. Research Reactor Safety and Applications 4. Applications of Accelerators and Related Facilities 5. Radiation and Related Research 6. Nuclear Regulation in Australia Cover design and page layout by C. J. Hardy Typeface 18/12/10 pt Times New Roman Printed in Australia by J. Lyons Printer 84 Harris Street Pyrmont NSW 2009 FOREWORD The Australian Nuclear Association (ANA) inaugurated a series of biennial national conferences in 1995 to be held in alternate years to the series of international Pacific Basin Nuclear Conferences, of which the Ninth in the series was hosted by the ANA in Sydney in May 1994. The main objective of these national conferences will be to present information on all aspects of the peaceful uses of nuclear science and engineering in Australia and to place this information in a world context and in a readily understood form. The conference in 1995 had the theme "Nuclear Science and Engineering in Australia" and consisted mainly of papers invited from leading experts in areas of topical interest in nuclear science and technology. This second conference in 1997 has the same theme and again consists mainly of invited papers on the following topics: (1) Expansion of Uranium Resources; (2) Radioactive Waste Management; (3) Research Reactor Safety and Applications; (4) Applications of Accelerators and Related Facilities; (5) Radiation and Related Research; and (6) Nuclear Regulation in Australia. The opening keynote address by Professor Helen Garnett, Executive Director of ANSTO, on "Achievements and Future Directions", is particularly appropriate in view of the recent announcement by the government that funding will be provided to ANSTO to build a replacement research reactor for HIFAR at Lucas Heights. The second address is by Dr Clarence Hardy, Executive Chairman of ANA 97, on the topical issue of "The Contribution of Nuclear Science and Technology to Sustainable Development". The texts of the papers presented orally and as posters are included in this Handbook. The posters include two from the winners of the David Culley Award in 1995 and 1996. This Award was instituted by the ANA in 1993 to encourage work in nuclear science and technology in schools and colleges in recognition of the interests in education of Mr David Culley, a former Treasurer of the ANA, who died in 1992. The ANA is pleased that the early registrations received for this conference as this Handbook went to the printers have confirmed its expectations that a broad spectrum of persons would attend from government, industry, the universities and the public. The assistance of the members of the Conference Committee is gratefully acknowledged as also is the work of Mrs Margaret Lanigan as Conference Manager. Dr Clarence J. Hardy Executive Chairman and Editor (iii) CONTENTS Foreword (iii) Conference Committee and Conference Manager (iv) Final Program with Session Times and Session Chairpersons (v) - (viii) Texts of Papers 1-150 Author Index 151 CONFERENCE COMMITTEE Dr Peter L. Airey, ANSTO; Chairman of Committee; Past-President ANA Dr Neil R. McDonald, ANSTO, President ANA Mr Roger J. Alsop, Consultant; Vice-President, ANA Mr John T. Rodd, Treasurer ANA Mr Douglas R. Ebeling, Consultant; Chairman, Nuclear Engineering Panel, The Institution of Engineers Australia Dr Roger B. Gammon, Executive Officer, AINSE Mr Eric Hetherington, Nuclear Medicine Research, ANSTO Dr John S. Watt, Consultant, CSIRO Mr J. (Jim) C. E. Button, Consultant; Chairman, NSW Branch, ARPS Mr Erin McKay, St George Hospital Nuclear Medicine, Member ANZSNM Professor Mervyn Long, UNSW; Member, International Isotopes Society Mr Ian Hore-Lacy, General Manager, Uranium Information Centre, Melbourne Mrs Margaret Lanigan, Conference Manager, Conference Overload Australia Pty Ltd Dr Clarence J. Hardy, Consultant; Executive Chairman ANA 97; Honorary Secretary, ANA CONFERENCE MANAGER Mrs M. Lanigan Conference Overload Australia Pty Ltd (ACN071 932 146) PO Box 505 Crows Nest NSW 2065 Australia (iv) FINAL PROGRAM ANA 97 "SECOND CONFERENCE ON NUCLEAR SCIENCE & ENGINEERING IN AUSTRALIA, 1997" SYDNEY, NSW, 16-17 OCTOBER 1997 Hosted by the Australian Nuclear Association Inc. Technical Co-Sponsors Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organisation (ANSTO) Australian Institute of Nuclear Science & Engineering (AINSE) Nuclear Engineering Panel. The Institution of Engineers, Australia The Australia and New Zealand Society of Nuclear Medicine (ANZSNM) The Australasian Radiation Protection Society (ARPS) CSIRO Division of Minerals Conference Venue Macleay Room I Millennium Sydney Top of William Street Kings Cross NSW 2011 Australia (v) FINAL TECHNICAL PROGRAM Thursday, 16 October 1997 09.00 Opening of Conference Dr N. R. McDonald, President, ANA 09.10 Keynote Address: "ANSTO - Achievements and Future Directions", Emeritus Professor H. M. Garnett, Executive Director, ANSTO 10.00 Tea/Coffee Break Session 1: "Expansion of Uranium Resources" Chairman - Mr I. Hore-Lacy, General Manager, Uranium Information Centre 10.30 "ERA's Ranger Uranium Mine", Mr W. Davies, Energy Resources of Australia Ltd 10.55 "Expansion at Olympic Dam", Mr C. Lewis, Western Mining Corporation 11.20 "The Kintyre Uranium Project", Mr B. Larson, Canning Resources Pty Ltd 11.45 "Plans for Uranium Mining by COGEMA", Mr F. Bautin, COGEMA Australia and Mr C. Hallenstein, Afmeco Mining and Exploration Pty Ltd 12.10 "The Honeymoon Project - Australia's First In Situ Leach Uranium Project?", Mr M. Ackland, Southern Cross Resources Inc. 12.40 Lunch in Macleay Rooms Session 2: "Radioactive Waste Management" Chairman - Dr A. Jostsons, ANSTO (if available) 13.40 "Update on the National Low Level Waste Repository Study", Dr S. Veitch, National Resource Information Centre, Canberra 14.05 "Status of Rehabilitation of the Maralinga and Emu Sites", Mr R. Rawson, Mr P. Davoren and Ms C. Perkins, Dept of Primary Industries and Energy, Canberra 14.30 "The ANSTO Waste Management Action Plan", Dr D. Levins, ANSTO 15.00 Tea/Coffee Break Session 3: "Research Reactor Safety and Applications" Chairman - Dr N. R. McDonald, President, ANA 15.30 "The Probabilistic Safety Assessment of HIFAR", Dr R. F. Cameron, ANSTO 15.55 "The Importance of HIFAR to Nuclear Medicine", Mr N. Wood, Australian Radioisotopes 16.20 "The Contribution of HIFAR to University Research", Dr R. B. Gammon, Executive Officer, AINSE 17.00 End of Session 18.00-20.00 Welcome Reception and Poster Display, including David Culley Award Posters (vi) FINAL TECHNICAL PROGRAM Friday, 17 October 1997 09.00 Keynote Address: "The Contribution of Nuclear Science and Technology to Sustainable Development", Dr C. J. Hardy, Executive Chairman, ANA 97 09.50 Tea/Coffee Break Session 4: "Applications of Accelerators and Related Facilities" Chairman - Dr R. B. Gammon, AINSE 10.20 "Recent Developments in Basic Nuclear Research within Australia" Professor T.R. Ophel, ANU; President, AINSE 10.45 "ANTARES - Recent Research and Future Plans", Dr C. Tuniz, ANSTO 11.10 "The National Medical Cyclotron - An Australian Experience in Technology", Mr R. K. Barnes, National Medical Cyclotron, ANSTO 11.35 "Cyclotron-produced Radioisotopes and their Clinical Use at the Austin PET Centre", Dr H. J. Tochon-Danguy, Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre, Melbourne 12.00 "Nuclear Fusion Research in Australia", Professor A. D. Cheetham, University of Canberra; Chairman, Australian Fusion Research Group 12.25 "Access to Major Overseas Research Facilities", Dr J. W. Boldeman, ANSTO 12.50 Lunch in Macleay Rooms Session 5: "Radiation and Related Research" Chairman - Mr J.C.E.Button, Consultant 14.00 "Radiation Research in AINSE-Affiliated Universities", Mr D. F. Sangster, University of Sydney 14.25 "Exposure to Background Radiation in Australia", Dr S. B. Solomon, Australian Radiation Laboratory, Melbourne Session 6: "Nuclear Regulation in Australia" Chairman - Dr N. R. McDonald, President, ANA 14.50 "Nuclear Regulation in Australia - Future Possibilities", Mr J. Carlson and Mr J. Bardsley, Australian Safeguards Office, Canberra 15.15 "The Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency. A New Body for the Regulation of Radiation Usage in Australia" Dr K. H. Lokan, Australian Radiation Laboratory, Melbourne 15.40 "Monitoring
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