Inspection reports have been published on our website since November 2011. It should be noted that the published reports may have been modified to remove classified material or personal information. In some cases, the entire report may be withheld for security reasons.

See Inspection reports archive for reports published prior to the current financial year.

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Inspection details: Licence number, licence holder; location; date

2024-2025 inspection reports

  1. S0064, CSIRO, 4-5 February 2025
  2. S0056, Australian Federal Police, 10 December 2024 
  3. S0042, Department of Defence and Australian Defence Force, 24 September 2024
  4. S0042, Department of Defence and Australian Defence Force (DoD), 11 September 2024
  5. S0042, Department of Defence and Australian Defence Force (DoD), 11 September 2024
  6. F0262, ANSTO Health Products, 19 - 21 August and 3 September 2024
  7. S0027, ANU Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics (RSAA) and the Australian Phenomics Facility (APF), 15 August 2024
  8. S0024, National Gallery of Australia (NGA), 31 July 2024
  9. F0113, Department of Defence and Australian Defence Force (DoD), 30-31 July 2024 
  10. S0042, Department of Defence and Australian Defence Force (DoD), 30-31 July 2024
  11. F0093, The Director of National Parks, a corporation within the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, 18 July 2024
  12. S0340, The Director of National Parks, a corporation within the Department of Climate Change, Energy the Environment and Water, 17 July 2024 
  13. S0015, Inspection report: Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water - Office of the Supervising Scientist, 16 July 2024 
  14. S0042, Department of Defence and Australian Defence Force (DoD), 2-3 July 2024

2023-2024 inspection reports

  1. S0064, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, 18 June - 20 June 2024 
  2. S0033, Note Printing, 6 June 2024
  3. S0002, ARPANSA Radiation Health Services (RHS), 21-22 May 2024
  4. S0042, Department of Defence and Australian Defence Force (DoD), 11 April 2024
  5. S0027, Australian National University (ANU), 27-28 March 2024
  6. F0046, ARPANSA Medical Radiation Services Branch (MRSB), 26-27 March 2024
  7. S0023, CSIRO Health & Biosecurity (H&B), 14 March 2024 [Withheld from publication]
  8. F0293, ANSTO, Little Forest Legacy Site, Lucas Heights, NSW, 13 March 2024
  9. F0260, ANSTO (Waste Operations), 13 March 2024
  10. S0021, CSIRO, Agriculture and Food, 12 March 2024 
  11. S0045, ANSTO External Dosimetry, Lucas Heights Science and Technology Centre (LHSTC), 7-8 February 2024 [withheld from publication]
  12. S0014, Geoscience Australia, Symonston, 4 December 2023
  13. F0309, ANSTO, 18-20 September and 14 November 2023
  14. F0316, ANSTO, 19 September 2023 [withheld from publication]
  15. S0005, Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology (BoM), Tasmania, 6 July 2023
 

2022-2023 inspection reports

  1. F0157, ANSTO OPAL Reactor, 28 and 29 June 2023
  2. S0024, National Gallery of Australia, 19 June 2023
  3. S0021, CSIRO Agriculture and Food, 20-21 June 2023
  4. S0009, CSIRO Land and Water, 20-21 June 2023
  5. S0055, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water Australian Antarctic Division, 6 June 2023
  6. S0008, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australian Antarctic Division, Polar Medicine Unit (AAD-PMU), Tasmania, 7 June 2023
  7. S0064, CSIRO Minerals Resources, Canberra, 20 - 21 June 2023
  8. S0023, CSIRO Health and Biosecurity, Canberra, 20 - 21 June 2023
  9. S0027, Australian National University, Human Resources Department and Research School of Earth Sciences, 25-26 May 2023
  10. S0027, Australian National University, 11-12 May 2023
  11. F0073, F0074 and F0075, Australian National University, 3 May 2023
  12. S0003, ARPANSA Medical Radiation Services (MRS), 2-3 May 2023
  13. S0216, CSIRO Digital, National Facilities and Collections, 23 March 2023
  14. S0216; S0019; S0021, CSIRO National Collections & Marine Infrastructure; CSIRO Environment (Oceans & Atmosphere); and CSIRO Agriculture & Food, 16 March 2023 
  15. S0027, ANU, College of Engineering, Computing and Cybernetics and John Curtin School of Medical Research,  27-28 April 2023
  16. F0262, ANSTO (Health Products), Lucas Heights, 29-30 March 2023
  17. F0316 and F0290, ANSTO Centre for Accelerator Science, 15-16 February and 14 March 2023
  18. S0090, Silex Systems, 17 December 2022 [withheld from publication]
  19. S0027, ANU, 1 and 2 December 2022
  20. F0245, ANSTO, Lucas Heights, 24-25 November 2022
  21. S0286, Department of Home Affairs, Australian Border Force, Gold Coast 16 November [withheld from publication]
  22. S0286, Department of Home Affairs, Australian Border Force, Brisbane 15 November [withheld from publication]
  23. S0286, Department of Home Affairs, Australian Border Force, Sydney 14 November [withheld from publication]
  24. S0064, CSIRO, Clayton, Victoria, 3 November 2022
  25. F0157, ANSTO OPAL Reactor, Lucas Heights, 15 and 16 September 2022
  26. F0260 and F0292, ANSTO Waste Operations and Interim Waste Store, Lucas Heights, 16-17 and 24 August 2022
  27. S0013, CSIRO Business and Infrastructure Services, Wommera, South Australia, 21 July 2022
  28. F0213, Department of Defence and Australian Defence Force, South Australia, 20-21 July 2022
  29. F0252, Department of Defence and Australian Defence Force, South Australia, 19 July 2022
  30. S0190, ASC Pty Ltd, South Australia, 18 July 2022
  31. F0244, ANSTO Secondary Standards Dosimetry Laboratory, Lucas Heights, 13 July 2022
 

2021-2022 inspection reports 

  1. F0309, ANSTO Nuclear Medicine (ANM), Lucas Heights, 14 June 2022
  2. F0131, Department of Home Affairs, Melbourne Container Examination Facility, Port Melbourne, 25 May 2022
  3. S0002, ARPANSA Radiation Health Services Branch, Yallambie, 24 May 2022
  4. F0247, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Actinide Suite, Lucas Heights Science and Technology Centre, 28 February 2022 - 2 March 2022
  5. F0262, ANSTO Health Products, Lucas Heights, 31 March 2022
  6. F0248, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Nuclear Materials Facility (NMF), Lucas Heights Science and Technology Centre, 28 February 2022
  7. F0125, Department of Home Affairs, Sydney Container Examination Facility, Port Botany, 30 March 2022
  8. F0155, Department of Home Affairs, Fremantle, 9 February 2022
  9. F0113, Department of Defence and Australian Defence Force (Defence), NSW, 2 and 3 February 2022
  10. S0055, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment - Australian Antarctic Division (AAD), TAS, Q2 2021-22
  11. F0136, Department of Home Affairs, Brisbane, QLD; 15 December 2021
  12. F0157, ANSTO OPAL reactor, Lucas Heights, 17 and 18 November 2021
  13. F0309, ANSTO Nuclear Medicine (ANM); Lucas Heights; 30 September 2021
  14. S0092, Department of Home Affairs – Australian Border Force; Australian Border Force Cutter (ABFC) Ocean Shield; 30 August 2021
  15. F0046, Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA); Medical Radiation Services Branch; 26-27 August 2021
  16. F0271, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO); Australian Synchrotron; 11, 13 and 19 August 2021
  17. F0262, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO); Lucas Heights; 3 August 2021
 

2020-2021 inspection reports 

  1. F0260, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Waste Operations, Lucas Heights, 23-24 June and 8 July 2021 
  2. S0092, Department of Home Affairs, Australian Border Force, ADV Ocean Protector, 28 June 2021    
  3. CSIRO Mineral Resources, NSW, 17 June 2021 [Withheld from publication]  
  4. S0042, Department of Defence and the Australian Defence Force, Western Australia, 9 June 2021 
  5. Department of Defence and the Australian Defence Force, 8 June 2021 [Withheld from publication]
  6. S0324, Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development, NIHRACS, 19-20 May 2021  
  7. S0120, Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (DAWR), Norfolk Island, 19 May 2021 
  8. S0092, Department of Home Affairs - Australian Border Force, Norfolk Island, 19 May 2021  
  9. S0008, Australian Antarctic Division, Polar Medicine Unit; Kingston, Macquarie Island Subantarctic Tasmania & Davis Station Antarctica; 23 April 2021
  10. S0045, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) Nuclear Forensics Laboratory, Lucas Heights, 15 April 2021
  11. Australian Signals Directorate (ASD), Canberra ACT, 23 March 2021 [Withheld from publication] 
  12. F0262, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) Health Products, Lucas Heights, 2 March 2021
  13. S0080, Australian War Memorial (AWM), Mitchell and Campbell ACT, 25 February 2021
  14. S0024, National Gallery of Australia (NGA), Parkes ACT, 24 February 2021
  15. F0211, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Lucas Heights, 18 February 2021  
  16. F0243, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Lucas Heights, 12, 18, 25 February 2021 
  17. F0244, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Lucas Heights, 11-18 February 2021 
  18. F0309, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Lucas Heights, 7-11 December 2020  
  19. F0266, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Lucas Heights, 10-11 December 2020  
  20. F0240, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Lucas Heights, 10 December 2020  
  21. F0251, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Camperdown, 8-9 December 2020
  22. F0157, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), OPAL Reactor, 7–8 December 2020
  23. S0064, CSIRO Minerals Resources, ACT, 3-4 December 2020   
  24. S0056, Australian Federal Police, VIC, 3 December 2020 
  25. S0027, Australian National University (ANU) Research School of Physics, ACT, 2 December 2020   
  26. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), 1 December 2020 [Withheld from publication]   
  27. S0013, CSIRO Business Infrastructure Services (CBIS), Woomera Prohibited Area (WPA), South Australia, 10 November 2020
  28. F0252, Department of Defence and Australian Defence Force (Defence), Defence Base in South Australia, 9 November 2020     
  29. S0190, Australian Submarine Corporation Pty Ltd (ASC), SA, 5 November 2020   
  30. F0093, Director of National Parks, South Alligator Disposal Facility, 13-15 and 26 October 2020  
  31. S0015, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, NT, 12-13 and 26 October 2020   
  32. F0131, Department of Home Affairs, Melbourne Container Examination Facility, 30 September 2020    
  33. Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Lucas Heights, 23 September to 12 October 2020 [Withheld from publication]  
  34. S0056, Australian Federal Police, ACT, 9-10 September 2020   
  35. S0014, Geoscience Australian Symonston, ACT, 8 September 2020
  36. S0273, National Archives of Australia, Mitchell ACT, 7 September 2020
 

2019-2020 inspection reports

Department of Defence and Australian Defence Force (Defence), 16 June 2020 [Withheld from publication]

Attorney Generals Department, Canberra, 3 December 2019 [Withheld from publication]

CSIRO Agriculture and Food, NSW, 6-8 November 2019 [Withheld from publication]

For reports on inspections conducted prior to 2017-18, see Inspection reports archive.

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