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The APO database has been migrated to version 8.3. The functionality has changed, but the content remains the same.

ANSTO Publications Online is a digital repository for publications authored by ANSTO staff since 2007. The Repository also contains ANSTO Publications, such as Reports and Promotional Material. ANSTO publications prior to 2007 continue to be added progressively as they are in identified in the library. ANSTO authors can be identified under a single point of entry within the database. The citation is as it appears on the item, even with incorrect spelling, which is marked by (sic) or with additional notes in the description field.

If items are only held in hardcopy in the ANSTO Library collection notes are being added to the item to identify the Dewey Call number: as DDC followed by the number.

APO will be integrated with the Research Information System which is currently being implemented at ANSTO. The flow on effect will be permission to publish, which should allow pre-prints and post prints to be added where content is locked behind a paywall. To determine which version can be added to APO authors should check Sherpa Romeo. ANSTO research is increasingly being published in open access due mainly to the Council of Australian University Librarians read and publish agreements, and some direct publisher agreements with our organisation. In addition, open access items are also facilitated through collaboration and open access agreements with overseas authors such as Plan S.

ANSTO authors are encouraged to use a CC-BY licence when publishing open access. Statistics have been returned to the database and are now visible to users to show item usage and where this usage is coming from.

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    The use of chemical analysis of bulk samples in exploration lithogeochemistry by simultaneous PIXE/PIGME spectroscopy. International workshop on applications of ion beam analysis
    (Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering, 1995-02-01) van Moort, JC; Russell, DW; Bailey, GM; Pwa, A; Nand, AS
    Simultaneous quantitative PIXE/PIFME analysis provided since 1990 characteristic, often unexpectedly, information on the trace element composition of quartz associated with different types of orebodies. Because of the restricted availability of quartz for many types of ore deposits the analytical technique was extended to include acid leached rock-pulps consisting of quartz with minor sericite and feldspar.
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    Nuclear energy - perspectives, problems and promises
    (CSIRO, 1990) Collins, RE
    Nuclear energy is currently responsible for the generation of approximately 17% of electricity in the world and this proportion is increasing. Despite an outstanding safety record in comparison with other major energy generation technologies, the public image of nuclear power is poor. this is probably due, in part, to the inevitable association between nuclear energy and nuclear weapons. It also arises because of the almost uniformly negative treatment of nuclear issues by the media. The author emphasises that the increased use of nuclear energy depends far more on the ability of its proponents to convince the public of its acceptability, than on technological developments. The public therefore needs to be informed about both positive and negative aspects of nuclear energy, and of other forms of energy generation, and to be exposed to arguments both for and against these technologies. If this is to occur, it is of fundamental importance that the media adopt a fair and balanced approach to the reporting of nuclear issues. © 1989 CSIRO.
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    Waste water treatment in the nuclear industry
    (New South Wales. State Pollution Control Commission, 1975-07-01) Evans, JV
    The nuclear fuel cycle comprises all the activities connected with the fuel in the production of electricity from fissile materials, and includes mining and milling of uranium ore, conversion to uranium hexafluoride, enrichment of uranium 235, fabrication of fuel, operation of nuclear power reactors, reprocessing of spent fuel and treatment, storage and/or disposal of radioactive wastes. The waste water streams which occur in the nuclear industry are very similar to those found in any chemical process industry, except that they are contaminated with radioactivity. Even for high concentrations of radio activity, treatment is concerned with the efficient removal of low concentrations of radioactive chemical contaminants from waste waters ranging from those which are otherwise clean, e.g. cooling waters, to those with high concentrations of dissolved solids. The problems in treating these wastes with their highly diverse chemical and radiochemical content and the high degree of monitoring and control necessary for safe handling, allied to very restrictive legislation on releases, call for more elaborate waste management techniques than have been common in other industries. This experience will be valuable to industries which are becoming subject to more stringent pollution control legislation and to the requirement for onsite treatment of wastes. This paper reviews only those techniques used to treat wastes containing low levels of radioactivity with the object of re-using or releasing the water. Liquids containing high levels of radioactivity are a major concern in the nuclear industry but the techniques proposed for their treatment are more specialised and of less general interest, and are not discussed further.
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    Application of the Alligator rivers analogue for validation of safety assessment methodologies
    (OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, 1991) Skagius, K; Pers, K; Brandberg, F; Wingefors, S; Duerden, P
    Natural analogues play an important role in validation of performance assessment models by providing the possibility to study processes that have been active over scales in time and space relevant for repositories in the long term. The Swedish Nuclear Power Inspectorate (SKI) has initiated a project with the aim of validating performance assessment models based on information and data from the Alligator Rivers Analogue Project. This paper describes the initial phases and planning of the work. Some general viewpoints on validation and application of natural analogues are given. Especially the importance of uncertainties is stressed. Integrated with the validation study a scenario development exercise is performed with the purpose to describe possible external conditions for evolution of the analogue.
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    Thermal embrittlement and purity in MAR 350 steel
    (University of Melbourne, 1982-08-10) Pollock, JTA; Clissold, R; Meller, E; Warren, R; Zybenko, B
    Maraging steels are recognised for their considerable combination of strength and fracture toughness. Following the work by Spaeder [1 ] 9 it has been shown that with increasing strength, fracture toughness in the aged condition is not affected by variations in the level of residual elements normally measured with these steels. Nevertheless, maraging steels may be thermally embrittled. Using Charpy impact testing, Rack and Kalish [2] reported that solution treated MAR 350 samples could be significantly sensitised by holding for 4 hours at temperatures in the range 800 0 to 950 0 C. They were unable to use age hardened samples as impact energies in this condition were too low for any sensitisation effect to be reliably monitored. We have investigated thermal embrittlement effects in fully aged MAR 350 samples using KIC fracture toughness measurements. In particular, we have examined the effect of purity using steels having different levels of residual elements (Table 1 ) and determined the effect of time at a sensitising temperature of 900 0 C.