Published on the 2nd May 2014 by ANSTO Staff
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| (L-R): Minister for Industry Ian Macfarlane, ANSTO CEO Dr Adi Paterson and Director of the Australian Synchrotron Prof Andrew Peele. |
Media Release from the office of the Minister for Industry, The Hon Ian Macfarlane
Minister for Industry Ian Macfarlane has congratulated the Australian Synchrotron for reaching the milestone of partnering with more than 20,000 researchers to support a wide variety of Australian industries.
The facility, located in Clayton Melbourne, is a source of highly intense light ranging from infrared to hard x-rays, and is the largest stand-alone piece of scientific infrastructure in the southern hemisphere.
The Minister recently visited the science facility to receive a briefing from leading scientists on the current areas of research and the latest medical and industry partnerships, including in relation to the value of agricultural research to the Australian economy, as well as seeing first-hand some of the practical applications of their work.
“Australia has a great track record of pioneering breakthrough technologies that make a real difference to people’s lives, and the Synchrotron is an important part of that,” said the Minister.
“The Australian Synchrotron is playing an important role in domestic research that also has international applications and I congratulate its staff on the important contribution they are making to the country.”
The Synchrotron is one of the three campuses of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), alongside the OPAL research reactor and the Centre for Accelerator Science in southern Sydney, and a medical cyclotron in inner Sydney Camperdown.