LUCAS HEIGHTS, NSW, March 4 -- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization issued the following media release:
ANSTO is embarking on a major decommissioning project which will officially mark the end of an era for Australia's first nuclear research reactor at Lucas Heights, the High Flux Australian Reactor known as HIFAR.
Opened by Australian Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies in an elaborate ceremony in 1958, the HIFAR reactor safely operated for nearly 50 years until 2007 when it was replaced by ANSTO's current multi-purpose research reactor, OPAL.
The commencement of the project follows a license issued by the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA) in late 2024, for the initial stages of the deco...