Is your child a budding science guru who cares about the environment? Or are they just curious?
Either way, school children and their parents are invited to ANSTO these school holidays for a free tour of Australia’s only nuclear reactor – OPAL – and other exciting science facilities.
On the tour, children and their parents will learn how radiation works and how radioactive waste is safely managed. They will also learn about climate change research using nuclear techniques to determine rainfall patterns and greenhouse gas levels going back hundred of thousands of years.
Kids will see the OPAL reactor and learn about many other applications of nuclear science, including:
- Reducing the need for pesticides by controlling fruit fly larvae population
- Checking welds in metal structures to ensure longevity and safety
- Using radioisotopes to detect when food and drink containers are filled to the correct level
- Dating ancient artefacts and old bones for forensic purposes
- Tracing air and water pollution and identifying its sources
- Understanding what happens to food when it’s processed
- Medical imaging to better understand disease and treatment