Terms of Reference
On 2 October 1997, the Senate referred to the Senate Economics References
Committee the matter of whether a new reactor should be built to replace
the High Flux Australian Reactor at Lucas Heights on that site or on some
other site in Australia. In its inquiry the Committee was directed to
make particular reference to:
(a) the suitability of building a new reactor in a densely populated
suburban area of Sydney and the impact on the environment of the Sutherland
Shire community of a new reactor on the Lucas Heights site;
(b) the availability of alternative technologies to generate neutrons
for medical, scientific, mining, industrial and other uses;
(c) the safety, cost, viability and effectiveness of alternative technologies
such as cyclotrons and spallation sources compared with the long-term
commissioning, operation and decommissioning of a new reactor; and
(d) whether the issues raised by the 1993 Research Reactor Review have
been satisfactorily addressed in the context of the decision to proceed
with a new reactor at Lucas Heights.
On 7 December 1998, the Senate re-adopted this reference.
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