Browsing by Author "Australian Atomic Energy Commission"

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    25th jubilee souvenir
    (Australian Atomic Energy Commission, 1978-04-17) Australian Atomic Energy Commission
    When word leaked out that the date of the AAEC Silver Jubilee was 17th April 1978, certain members of Administration staff decided some form of celebration should be held to mark this auspicious occasion.
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    Power for today.
    (Australian Atomic Energy Commission, ) Australian Atomic Energy Commission
    In 1965-66, electricity generated by nuclear means became cheaper in several parts of the world than electricity generated from coal. By 1975, there will be 293 nuclear power reactors, with a total capacity of 138,000 megawatts, in operation in 27 countries. This will be the climax of a long period of research and development since Enrico Fermi, in 1942, built a nuclear pile in which the first controlled nuclear chain reaction took place.
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    Proposed Lucas Heights tandem accelerator
    (Australian Atomic Energy Commission., 1985-01) Australian Atomic Energy Commission
    It is proposed that an 8 million volt tandem accelerator (LHTA - Lucas Heights Tandem Acceleator) be installed at the Australian Atomic Energy Commission's Lucas Heights Research Laboratories, Lucas Heights, Sydney. This new facility, expected to cost $6 million, will not only extend many established applications of science in Australia but will also introduce a number of new technologies. These new technologies would benefit many sections of the Australian community - from resources to research, from health to heritage and from erosion to corrosion.
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    Story of atomic energy
    (Australian Atomic Energy Commission, ) Australian Atomic Energy Commission
    What is atomic energy? How do we know what is inside an atom? What is an isotope? These questions are frequently asked as we enter the Atomic Age, and the text of a lecture given by Professor Sir Mark Oliphant, while Director of the Research School of Physical Sciences at the Australian National University, gives the answers in this easy to read and understand story of atomic energy.
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    SYNROC: the Australian method for immobilizing high level nuclear waste
    (Australian Atomic Energy Commission, 1987-02) Australian Atomic Energy Commission
    The purpose of the SYNROC Demonstration Plant Project is to show that SYNROC can be fabricated at or near full-scale on a non-radioactive basis in an engineered plant using process steps and an overall plant concept amenable to redesign for remote operation. Concurrently, operation of the plant will provide data for preliminary estimates of the cost of fabricating radioactive SYNROC. However, there is no commitment to build a radioactive SYNROC plant in Australia.
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    What is nuclear power?
    (Australian Atomic Energy Commission, ) Australian Atomic Energy Commission
    There are two main types of power stations generating electricity in Australia today. One uses water coming down from a high level to turn the turbine-generators. The other burns coal or oil to raise steam which turns the turbines. In a nuclear power station, steam spins the turbines but the steam is raised by heat from a nuclear reactor - an atomic furnace. This heat is produced by splitting atoms; the process is called fission. Millions upon millions of fissions per second are required to generate enough heat. By controlling the number of fissions, the required heat level can be maintained.