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Contents

• Download the Supervising Scientist Annual Report as PDF Files
• Abbreviations
• Letter of Transmittal
• Foreword
• Supervising Scientist’s Overview
• Contact Officer

1. Introduction
   • 1.1 Role and functions of the Supervising Scientist
   • 1.2 Performance summary
   • 1.3 The Alligator Rivers Region and its uranium deposits
2. Environmental assessments of uranium mines in the Alligator Rivers Region
   • 2.1 Supervision processes
   • 2.2 Ranger Mine
   • 2.3 Jabiluka Mine Project
   • 2.4 Nabarlek
   • 2.5 Other activities in the Alligator Rivers Region
3. Environmental research and monitoring
   • 3.1 Programme objectives
   • 3.2 Environmental radioactivity
   • 3.3 Ecosystem protection
   • 3.4 Hydrological and ecological processes
   • 3.5 Ecological risk assessment
4. National Centre for Tropical Wetland Research
   • 4.1 Introduction
   • 4.2 NCTWR activities
5. Communication and liaison
   • 5.1 Introduction
   • 5.2 Research Support and Communication
   • 5.3 National and international environmental issues
6. Administrative arrangements
   • 6.1 Organisational structure and staffing
   • 6.2 Legislative and institutional arrangements relating to uranium mining in the Alligator Rivers Region
   • 6.3 Information services
   • 6.4 Corporate Services
   • 6.5 Ecologically Sustainable Development: Reporting under Section 516A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
   • 6.6 Animal ethics approvals

• Appendix 1 Ranger Environmental Requirements Explanatory Material relating to Section 3.3 background values for key variables in water quality (amended November 2001)

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Abbreviations

ARPANSA

Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency

ARRAC

Alligator Rivers Region Advisory Committee

ARRTC

Alligator Rivers Region Technical Committee

ARR

Alligator Rivers Region

ANSTO

Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation

ERs

Environmental Requirements

EP(ARR)

Environment Protection (Alligator Rivers Region) Act 1978

ERA

Energy Resources of Australia

eriss

Environmental Research Institute of the Supervising Scientist

ESD

Ecologically Sustainable Development

EWLS

Earth Water Life Sciences

IAEA

International Atomic Energy Agency

ICRP

International Commission on Radiological Protection

ISP

Independent Science Panel

IUCN

International Union for the Conservation of Nature

MTC

Minesite Technical Committee

nctwr

National Centre for Tropical Wetland Research

NLC

Northern Land Council

NTDBIRD

Northern Territory Department of Business, Industry and Resource Development

oss

Office of the Supervising Scientist

SSD

Supervising Scientist Division of Environment Australia

WHC

World Heritage Committee

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Contact officer

The contact officer for queries relating to this report is:

Alex Zapantis
Supervising Scientist Division
Environment Australia
GPO Box 461, Darwin NT 0801 Australia
Telephone 61 8 8920 1100
Facsimile 61 8 8920 1199
Email enquiries_ssd@deh.gov.au
Internet address
The Supervising Scientist homepage address is www.ea.gov.au/ssd

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