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2.6 Our traditional owners
3.1.6 Ensure ANSTO operates sustainably
We will continue to ensure the sustainability of our operations by:
committing to the achievement of a balanced budget
reducing our environmental footprint
Key activities for 2022–2026: How we will deliver on our strategy and purpose
Campus Renewal Plan 2035
The Campus Renewal Plan 2035 is being developed with a focus on reviewing, developing, and consolidating the existing asset base and business functions within ANSTO. This will improve our long-term operational sustainability, enhance our environmental footprint and drive efficiencies.
The Campus Renewal Plan 2035 will:
. consolidate existing assets, focusing on an affordable and costeffective strategy for asset decommissioning and demolition;
. identify opportunities to reduce ANSTO’s operational costs;
. consolidate existing business functions, focusing on the synergies and alignment of varying operations;
. improve collaboration, functional relationships, security and operating efficiencies; and
. develop a planning framework for the rationalisation and future growth of ANSTO’s Lucas Heights campus, with significant focus on the Innovation Precinct. safely and responsibly managing our radioactive waste
maintaining and upgrading our infrastructure and sites to secure the continuity of activities
Over the period covered by this Plan, ANSTO will implement a 15-year environmental sustainability roadmap that will result in the reduction of ANSTO’s carbon emissions footprint. Once finalised, the roadmap will include long-term environmental sustainability plans, actions we will take as an organisation to contribute to ecologically sustainable development, and the key performance indicators that will enable us to track and measure our environmental performance.
Automation projects
ANSTO will prepare and deliver a series of automation projects across the organisation focused on continuous improvement in the OPAL multi-purpose nuclear reactor, nuclear medicine facilities, radioactive waste management facilities and the minerals operational area. These projects include automating nuclear medicine production processes, installing a radioactive contamination robot with inspection capabilities, and using automation to improve the overall process efficiencies associated with our broader products and services, such as silicon irradiation.
Campus Renewal Plan 2035
Developing an environmental sustainability strategy
Automation projects
Outcome
Plans in place for the future of our Lucas Heights campus.
Put plans in place to reduce our environmental footprint and contribute to a more sustainable Australia.
Improved operational sustainability, efficiency and safety.
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3.1.7 Use knowledge incubation, research translation and collaboration within the Innovation Precinct to produce real-world benefits
ANSTO’s Innovation Centre, nandin, brings science and technology entrepreneurs, start-ups and graduates together to challenge, design, innovate and commercialise, creating new jobs in the high-growth industries of tomorrow. nandin is home to a vibrant community of 30 member businesses who work to develop ingenious solutions to solve as yet unmet challenges in our world. By connecting our community to forward-looking science and technology, nandin helps brings deep tech ideas to life.
Launched by the Greater Sydney Commission in 2020, a new ANSTO Collaboration Area Place Strategy outlines a bold vision for ANSTO’s Innovation Precinct to become a globally-connected community with government researchers and start-ups creating solutions within a well-connected campus.
