atom ride (please read to bottom)

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please only put your name down if you are going to come. these tours are very popular and we can only only take a set number of people

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ansto (Australian national nuclear research and development organisation) have invited us for a tour of their lucas heights nuclear facility as they are having an open day as part of their 60th anniversary. the actual tour we go on will only be for members of our group

as you can imagine there are a few things we must consider.

we need to have numbers locked in before monday 29 july

the maximum capacity of the tour is 24.

everyone who wants to come on the tour must send me their their name, address and id number (drivers licence, passport number etc) when they rsvp. ansto need this list at least a week before we actually go on the tour. everyone who comes on the tour must bring this id with them on the day of the tour

all participants must wear wear enclosed flat shoes around the facility

about the ride. we will be meeting at bakers delight sutherland at 8:15am sharp. it is very close to the sutherland train station. from there we will riding together to the lucas heights facility (about 10km). there is a medium grade hill on the way to the facility. ansto have a place for us to store our bikes

they have also invited us to use their bbq for lunch after the tour, so bring something to bbq (we can coordinate this closer to the date)

the actual tour starts at 9:45am and goes till 12:15pm. then we will be having a bbq lunch and cycling back to the train station as a group

please give me a call on 0411 437137 if you have any questions

peter

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about the facility

The HIFAR reactor located at Lucas Heights in Sydney, operated for nearly 50 years from 1968. It was shut down for the last time in 2007 when the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation’s (ANSTO) new reactor OPAL started operation.

During HIFAR’s operation it made significant contributions to Australian society by producing medical radioiscopes and provided scientific knowledge and understanding.

As part of Australian Heritage Week ANSTO will conduct special tours of their nuclear science site that will include a visit inside the historic HIFAR reactor building.

After entering the building through a special airlock entrance you will see the instruments that for almost 5 decades were used by research scientists and step inside the control room where reactor operators monitored and controlled all operations.

Afterwards you will visit OPAL the new state-of-the-art reactor and its adjacent facilities. Here you will be able to see the advances in technology and learn of some of the benefits being delivered through nuclear science.