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Labor, Liberal unite to support high-level nuclear waste dump in South Australia

Tweedle-NuclearLabor, Liberal unite to support high-level nuclear waste dump in South Australia February 16, 2016  Paul Starick and Daniel Wills The Advertiser UNPRECEDENTED political support is being thrown behind South Australia becoming the global storage facility for high-level nuclear waste in return for a $445 billion bonanza.

Forging a historic united front on a decades-old issue of bitter division, Labor Premier Jay Weatherill and Liberal federal Resources and Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg are encouraging debate on a Royal Commission proposal, unveiled on Tuesday, for SA to store and dispose of hundreds of thousands of tonnes of spent nuclear fuel and waste…….http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/labor-liberal-unite-to-support-highlevel-nuclear-waste-dump-in-south-australia/news-story/683296ab45e53c73432c66bbe0358e34

March 17, 2016 - Posted by | NUCLEAR ROYAL COMMISSION 2016, politics, South Australia

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