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Minister for Science a n d .  the Environment

Parliament House, Canberra. A.C.T. 2600. Telephone 726050

17 June 1979

SUPERVXSXSG SCIENTIST APPOINTED FOR ALLIGATOR RIVERS REGION .

The Minister for Science and the Environment,   Senator Webster, today announced the appointment of  Mr Robert Fry as Supervising Scientist for the Alligator  Rivers Region of the Northern Territory.

* '  Mr Fry will co-ordinate and supervise the development and implementation of environmental standards  and controls for mining and milling of uranium in the  region.

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He is also responsible for the Alligator Rivers  Research institute, which conducts research and collects  and .assesses information on the effects of the uranium  mining operations.

His appointment is for a three-year term.

Mr Fry has been carrying out the functions of  the Supervising Scientist, since September 1977Â·

He was previously Director of the Environment  and Public Health Unit of the Australian Atomic Energy  Commission's Regulatory and External Relations Branch. Ã¢ÂÂ   .  hi

Senator Webster said Mr Fry was one of Australia's  most experienced health physicists. He had advised the  Commonwealth and State governments on various aspects of  the environmental and public health implications of the

nuclear industry for a number of years. Mr Fry had also  served on various international panels and committees  concerned with the environmental and public health  aspects of nuclear energy. .

Further information: Peter Quilty Telephone: Canberra 45 2437

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