Uranium-HEU-235 2,741 2,741 grams Research Uranium-233 3.8 4.0 Research Plutonium (except Pu- 1,203 1,226 Research, neutron sources 238) The table below lists Australia's former and current IAEA Material Balance Areas and their current status. Name Details and Status MBA No of KMP AS-A HIFAR Reactor - No material - Awaiting Decommissioning AS-B MOATA Reactor - No material - Decommissioned production using LEU targets & AS-C Research and Development Labs 3 99Mo storage and a range of other R&D activities. Vault Storage 3 Storage of seldom used material AS-D AS-E Locations Outside Facilities Small holdings of nuclear material held at (LOFs) - 100 Universities, Radiographers, Labs etc. OPAL Reactor 4 Open Pool Australian Light-Water (LEU) AS-F Silex Systems Limited - No material - Decommissioned AS-G Synroc Waste Immobilisation - No material - Not yet constructed AS-H plant IAEA Safeguards inspections are conducted on regular basis. The table below provides information about the frequency of IAEA Safeguards inspections. Inspection type Features Frequency in Australia Physical inventory Scheduled 1 per year verification (PIV) Thorough LOFs: 1 per -4 yrs verification of Uranium Mines: none CSA inventory Design information Scheduled ANSTO: few per year, in verification (DIV) design features conjunction with PIV LOFs: none CSA Uranium Mines: none
Uranium-HEU-235 2,741 2,741 grams Research Uranium-233 3.8 4.0 Research Plutonium (except Pu- 238) 1,203 1,226 Research, neutron sources The table below lists Australia's former and current IAEA Material Balance Areas and their current status. MBA Name No of KMP Details and Status AS-A HIFAR Reactor - No material - Awaiting Decommissioning AS-B MOATA Reactor - No material - Decommissioned AS-C Research and Development Labs 3 99Mo production using LEU targets & storage and a range of other R&D activities. AS-D Vault Storage 3 Storage of seldom used material AS-E Locations Outside Facilities (LOFs) - 100 Small holdings of nuclear material held at Universities, Radiographers, Labs etc. AS-F OPAL Reactor 4 Open Pool Australian Light-Water (LEU) AS-G Silex Systems Limited - No material - Decommissioned AS-H Synroc Waste Immobilisation plant - No material - Not yet constructed IAEA Safeguards inspections are conducted on regular basis. The table below provides information about the frequency of IAEA Safeguards inspections. Inspection type Features Frequency in Australia CSA Physical inventory verification (PIV) Scheduled Thorough verification of inventory 1 per year LOFs: 1 per -4 yrs Uranium Mines: none CSA Design information verification (DIV) Scheduled design features ANSTO: few per year, in conjunction with PIV LOFs: none Uranium Mines: none
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