Another 12 are being built. Its design and operations have proved safe and reliable. Both have been significantly refurbished. The ISO 9001 standard, strongly supported by Government and industry in Australia, was developed by the International Standards Organisation in Geneva. It is an internationally recognised quality benchmark.
Research reactors are quite different from power reactors used to generate electricity.
Its total fuel load is only 7 kilograms, while a power reactor may hold up to 190 tonnes of fuel. One of the fastest growing fields in modern practice, nuclear medicine has been growing at some 14 per cent a year for the past five years. On current projections, every Australian, on average, can expect a nuclear medicine procedure in their lifetime. It will produce more than 430,000 doses of nuclear medicines this year. It is used for diagnosing a wide range of cancers and organ functions.