ProSciTech has supplied most of the uranyl acetate here since 1980. Its procurement has been made progressively more cumbersome and expensive. It appears that Federal and State Radiation Control Authorities are in a struggle for dominance, with each applying more legislative requirements and fees - which are really taxes. These only reclaim funding given to government organizations. Queensland has now enacted especially absurd legislation, which makes normal commercial handling of UA impossible.
Similar legislation exists in other States or is in preparation.
The Queensland legislation pertaining to this substance was brought in without any consultation, without knowledge of commercial realties, and with no idea of the importance of UA to over a hundred sizeable laboratories serving many thousands of researchers annually. Furthermore, it appears that the regulation of this substance is rooted in the view, that with onerous regulatory requirements and fees, the authorities can claim to have discharged their duties. In reality, it is unlikely that these measures would ameliorate any perceived danger, but they are just another burden on science in Australia. The legislation affecting UA is only the latest, but arguably the best, example of bad legislation. UA is a water soluble uranium compound made from depleted uranium.