The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation - the funky "ANSTO" - was established in 1953 as the Australian Atomic Energy Commission to promote the development of nuclear energy and associated technologies in Australia. An aggressive organisation, and has a long history of attempting to manipulate the nuclear debate in Australia. It has been in large part mostly responsible for the devastation at Rum Jungle during the 1950's to 1960's. The then AAEC dismissed it as a "minor local pollution problem" - just over 100 km2 of polluted environments.......ANSTO are purely a front for the uranium industry and they exist so Australia can maintain it's seat on the Executive of the IAEA (which we picked up in the 1950's for allowing nuclear devastation at Maralinga).
See the Lucas Heights Archives
Directors : Prof. Helen Garnett (Executive Director), Peter Duerden (Executive Secretary) Board : Dr Max Richards (Chair), Mike Codd (Deputy Chair), A/Prof. Fred Khafagi, Dr Tony Gregson, John Craker, Dr Paul Wellings, Prof. Helen Garnett (Executive Director), Peter Duerden (Executive Secretary) Contacts : Reactor, Research Facilities and Offices :
New Illawarra Rd, Lucas Heights, NSW 2234
Ph (02) 9717 3376 - Fax (02) 9717 9268
Postal Address :
Private Mail Bag No 1, Menai, NSW 2234Email : info@ansto.gov.au Website : www.ansto.gov.au State/Country : New South Wales, Australia Annual Reports : Request by Email
Last updated November 19, 1999.
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