Corporate Body
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) (1987 - )
Commonwealth of Australia
- From
- 27 April 1987
Lucas Heights, New South Wales, Australia - Functions
- Energy and Advisory or regulatory body
- Alternative Names
- ANSTO (Abbreviation)
- Website
- http://www.ansto.gov.au/
- Reference No
- CA 6329
- Legal Status
- Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia
- Location
- Lucas Heights, New South Wales
Summary
The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation was established in 1987, taking the place of the Australian Atomic Energy Commission Research Laboratories. From their Web site, December 2001, "The Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organisation (ANSTO) is Australia's national nuclear organisation and the centre of Australian nuclear expertise. The ANSTO Act 1987 prescribes its general purpose. The purpose is translated into action through corporate drivers of vision, mission and strategic goals."
Details
ANSTO is also home to the Australian Synchrotron located in Clayton, Victoria.
Related entries
Timeline
1949 - 1952 Industrial Atomic Energy Policy Committee
1952 Atomic Energy Policy Committee
1952 - 1981 Australian Atomic Energy Commission
1952 - 1981 Australian Atomic Energy Commission
1958 - 1981 Australian Atomic Energy Commission, Research Establishment
1981 - 1987 Australian Atomic Energy Commission Research Laboratories
1987 - Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)
Participates in
Published resources
Books
- Hardy, Clarence, Atomic Rise and Fall: the Australian Atomic Energy Commission 1953-1987 (Peakhurst, New South Wales: Glen Haven Publishing, 1999), 274 pp. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q781606. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/146074604. Details
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-489364. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Primary description of agency CA 6329; Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation. Registration of entity: 6 October 1987', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, 2000, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?Number=CA%206329. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_a.html. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 16 March 2000, Last modified: 25 April 2024
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