ANSTO radioactive waste storage and nuclear plant at Lucas Heights to be extended; 150 new staff

First 9 of 9 paragraphs shown The existing waste conditioning and packaging building will be upgraded and extended to ensure that radioactive waste at ANSTO is processed, conditioned and packaged for long-term storage and ultimate disposal to a waste repository.
New works planned:
- Construction of a Centre for Accelerator Science and extensions to other facilities for the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, ANSTO, at Lucas Heights, NSW;
- new Centre for Accelerator Science;
- an extension to the Bragg Institute and an
- extension to the OPAL reactor building.
150 new staff?: staff and students based at ANSTO, visitors and researchers.
Opal nuclear reactor support: ANSTO further proposes to construct and fit out additional offices, workshops and laboratories at the OPAL reactor building to support reactor operations. Subject to parliamentary approval, construction will commence in November 2010 and be completed by September 2012.
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