Table of Contents
Membership of the Committee (PDF format) (Word format)
Terms of reference (PDF format) (Word
format)
Table of contents (PDF format) (Word
format)
Abbreviations (PDF format) (Word
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Executive summary with recommendations (PDF format)
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CHAPTER ONE (PDF format)
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CHAPTER
TWO (PDF format) (Word format)
HIFAR and the Replacement Research Reactor Project
Research reactors
The High Flux Australian Reactor (HIFAR)
Review of the Australian Atomic Energy Commission Research Establishment1979
Report by the Australian Science and Technology Council (ASTEC)1985
Legislation establishes the Australian Nuclear Science and
Technology Organisation
(ANSTO)
The Australian Science and Technology Council1992
The Research
Reactor Review1993 (the McKinnon Review)
Decision to replace HIFAR
The Replacement Research Reactor Project
PART
I (PDF format) (Word format)
CHAPTER
THREE (PDF format) (Word format)
The New Research Reactor Science and Industry
Introduction
The validity of science and industry enhancement
claims
Nuclear reactor as a research tool
HIFARs contribution
to research and development
An ageing HIFAR
The growing demand for neutron scattering sources
The new research reactor
and its role in Australian industry
Old science, new science
Suitcase
science
First class or second class facility
Alternative technologies
Establishing priorities
Conclusion
CHAPTER
FOUR (PDF format) (Word format)
The New Research ReactorMedical Isotopes
Introduction
The supply of radioisotopes in Australia
Radioactive sources and nuclear medicines used in diagnosis
and treatment
Alternative
modalities to reactor produced radioisotopes for diagnosis
Computerised
Tomography (CT), Magnetic Resonance
Imaging (MRI) and Positron Emission Tomography
(PET)
Substitutes for medical radioisotopes
produced in nuclear reactors
Importation
of radioisotopes
The market place and importation
The logistics of importing radioisotopes
Medical research and development
CHAPTER FIVE (PDF format)
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The New RESEARCH
Reactor The National Interest
Australias involvement
in nuclear non-proliferation
A research reactor and political credibility
Expertise in nuclear science and technology and non-proliferation
and nuclear
safeguards systems
Nuclear science expertise, political skills and international
diplomacy
International Atomic Energy Agency
Australias role in
the region
Conclusion
SUMMARYPART I
PART II (PDF format)
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The Tendering
Process And Contract
CHAPTER
SIX (PDF format) (Word format)
The Tendering Process
The announcement
of INVAP as the preferred tender
Overviewthe quality and accuracy of
information relied on in
assessing the tenders
Pre-Qualification
Preparation
of tender documentation
Site visits
Site
visits cost
Purpose and outcome of the visits
Drafting the tender documents
consultants and advisers
Formal tender phase
The
evaluation stage
Compliance Review
Qualitative
evaluation
Clarification process
Comparative review
Final recommendation
Overall assessment of the tendering process
The
probity of the tendering process
Evaluating the evaluation
Criticism
of the outcome
Checks
of INVAPs record
Overview
of the tendering process
Public access to information
CHAPTER
SEVEN (PDF format) (Word format)
The Contract
The signing of
the contract
Accuracy of cost assessments
Outline of the project under
contract
The timeframe and process to be followed by the Australian
Radiation
Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency
Other requirements for approvals from
the Commonwealth, state
or local government
Preconditions set in the Environmental
Impact Statement
(EIS) and other previous inquiries
The nature of any
provisions in the contract related to the ability
of either party to terminate
the contract prior to completion and
the provisions in relation to compensation
for termination.
Termination for Convenience
(Clause 60, Conditions of Contract)
Default or Bankruptcy of INVAP (Clause
51)
Default of ANSTO (Clause 51A)
Summary
Whether all or part of the contract and other documents
created
during its consideration and approval should now be made public
PART III (PDF format)
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Preconditions
Set by Previous Inquiries, Public
Health And Safety, And Spent Fuel And
Waste Management
CHAPTER EIGHT (PDF format)
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Previous Inquiries,
Consultation and Public
Health and Safety
Introduction
Senate Economics References Committee Report
Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS)
Community consultation
Avenues for
public consultation and information provision
What information should be in
the public domain
The tone
of communications from ANSTO
The conditions of genuine communication
Site
emissions and their impact on public health
Reference accident
Emergency
management procedures
CHAPTER NINE (PDF format)
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Fuel and Waste
Management
Introduction
The adequacy of fuel and
waste management provisions in the contract
Fuel
type and source
Spent fuel management
arrangements during operation
Arrangements for safe reprocessing, storage
and disposal of spent fuel
ANSTOs arrangements
with COGEMA for reprocessing silicide fuel
INVAPs technical capacity
to reprocess spent fuel
Alleged constitutional impediments
Fuel
and waste management provisions outside the contract
Timing of storage facilities
for waste arising from spent fuel rods
CHAPTER
TEN (PDF format) (Word format)
The Role of ARPANSA
Introduction
History of ARPANSA
Licensing
of nuclear facilities
Provisions for public consultation
CHAPTER ELEVEN (PDF format)
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Conclusion
and Recommendations
The need for a new reactor
The tendering process and the contract
Request to Auditor General for consideration
Accountability to Parliament
Safety, public health and public consultation
SafetyRadioactive Waste
LIBERAL AND NATIONAL GOVERNMENT (PDF format) (Word format)
SENATORS MINORITY REPORT
Introduction
The need for a new reactor
The replacement research reactor
and medical isotopes
The replacement research reactor and national interest
The tendering process and the contract
Public health, safety and nuclear
waste management
Overall conclusions
SUPPLEMENTARY REPORTTHE AUSTRALIAN DEMOCRATS
(PDF format) (Word format)
Introduction
The need for a new reactor
Tendering process and the contract
Health,
safety and the management of nuclear waste
APPENDIX 1 (PDF format) (Word format)
APPENDIX II (PDF format) (Word format)
APPENDIX III (PDF format) (Word format)
APPENDIX IV (
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Environment
Assessment Report, February 1999
Conclusion and Recommendations
APPENDIX V (PDF format) (Word format)
Answers
to questions on notice - Industry, Science and Resources
Portfolio Additional
Estimates 2000-2001, 21 February 2001
APPENDIX VI (PDF format) (Word format)
Order for Production of
Documents, Tuesday, 6 February 2001