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Scientists discover radioactive stardust still falling on Earth from an ancient cosmic blast

Scientists often look to distant galaxies for answers, but sometimes those clues are hidden beneath Earth’s oceans. In a stunning discovery, researchers found radioactive stardust from an ancient cosmic explosion still reaching our planet today. Tiny traces of plutonium preserved in deep-sea crust reveal a story that began millions of…

The Economic Times

Cuts to key research facilities threaten Australia’s ability to be a global scientific leader

There has been much excitement since Australia signed a landmark agreement with the United States last month to expand cooperation on critical minerals and rare earth elements.

The Conversation

Billions in private cash is flooding into fusion power. Will it pay off?

Over the past five years, private-sector funding for fusion energy has exploded. The total invested is approaching US$10 billion (A$15 billion), from a combination of venture capital, deep-tech investors, energy corporations and sovereign governments.

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Many animals can reshape and shed their teeth – and now scientists have traced this ability back 380 million years

Losing your baby teeth is a strange experience. The teeth gradually loosen until they’re replaced by thicker, more durable and permanent ones. But humans aren’t the only animals capable of shedding teeth. In fact, most mammals have two sets of teeth throughout their life. And reptiles, amphibians, fish and sharks…

The Conversation

What’s the difference between fusion and fission? A nuclear physicist explains

Globally, nuclear power accounts for roughly 10% of electricity generation. In some countries, such as France, this figure is nearly 70%.

The Conversation

Nuclear medicine factory to replace troubled facility

A new nuclear medicine facility will be developed in Sydney's south to deliver products for treating cancer and common procedures such as bone density scans.

AAP

Inside Cadia, the NSW goldmine at the centre of an environmental dust-up

Management says the Newcrest-owned mine is now operating in compliance with licence conditions, but residents and experts remain concerned

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Decades of less rainfall have cut replenishing of groundwater to 800-year low in WA

Groundwater is the world’s biggest source of easily accessible freshwater. Despite its importance, we know very little about how this resource is replenished over time. In a world-first study, we have used caves to show the decades-long decline in rainfall in south-west Australia has reduced the replenishment of groundwater in…

The Conversation

What happened to Synroc?

The technology is in the final fit-out stage at ANSTO's Lucas Heights site.

The Canberra Times

Greens attack Albanese government’s ‘deeply unsettling’ secrecy on submarine nuclear waste plans

Radiation Health and Safety Advisory Council also warned against cloak of national security to ‘mask inadequate radiation safety protection’

The Guardian - AU

Australia's getting nuclear subs with the AUKUS deal, but where will they be based?

Port Kembla, Newcastle and Brisbane are all shortlisted as possible east coast sites for a nuclear submarine base, but what are the pros and cons of each location?

ABC News

Australia faces looming nuclear skills challenge to support Aukus submarines

Pact with US and UK poses challenge to educate, train and recruit necessary personnel, experts say

The Guardian - AU

Australia may have to stop making key cancer medicine if it doesn’t build nuclear waste dump, peak body says

Ansto chief says it may not be able to keep producing nuclear medicine if it runs out of waste storage space at its Lucas Heights facility

The Guardian - AU

Extreme Miyake radiation events captured in tree rings stump scientists

Earth has been hit by radiation levels up to 100 times greater than the most intense solar storm ever recorded at least six times over the past 10,000 years, according to radiocarbon stored in tree rings.

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Most of Australia’s nuclear waste comes from Lucas Heights – should it stay there?

Opponents of proposed dump site at Kimba in South Australia say it would be safer to keep the waste where it mostly is

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s nuclear waste is growing as battle over dump site heats up

Government says nuclear waste cannot continue to build up and it will work with traditional custodians of proposed Kimba site

Newcastle Herald

The AUKUS debate will necessarily expand to take in nuclear power, says defence expert

Synergies between AUKUS and a future nuclear grid

AAP

Radioactive rock found at Sydney school

The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation was recently called to a Sydney High school to remove a radioactive rock and clean the site.

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Tasmania's Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station program keeping track of the global atmosphere

A science station near the windy tip of Tasmania's north-west coast is helping to monitor changes in the Earth's atmosphere, writes Sam Cleland.

AAP

Aust radioactive waste repatriated from UK

Two tonnes of radioactive waste sent to the United Kingdom for reprocessing from Australia's nuclear reactor in Sydney 26 years ago have been repatriated.

ABC News

Nuclear waste to arrive in Port Kembla from UK this weekend

A shipment of processed nuclear waste from the United Kingdom is likely to arrive in Port Kembla this weekend on its way to Sydney.

AAP

Prepare to be dazzled, space watchers say

For one week, the clouds will part and the International Space Station will dazzle Australians as it moves across our night sky, ANSTO says.

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