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Dust to be analysed for radioactivity

Are the dust storms radioactive? Australian scientists study Aussie dust from New Zealand * Daily Telegraph By Greg Roberts and AFP  September 26, 2009

  • Second dust storm ‘on the way’
  • Fears mine dust is radioactive

A TEAM of Australian scientists are analysing the dust that has engulfed eastern Australia this week to see whether it is dangerous.

The dust storm is believed to have originated around Woomera in outback South Australia near the massive Olympic Dam uranium mine, prompting fears it was radioactive and dangerous…

………The scientists were analysing dust that had been blown 2150km to New Zealand and “fingerprinting” it, and its minerals, to find out where it came from and if it was a threat to the Coral Sea and agriculture…………

Academy Award nominated documentary maker David Bradbury, who has made films about nuclear power, warned about the risks from radioactive dust near the Olympic mine yesterday.

Are the dust storms radioactive? | The Daily Telegraph

September 26, 2009 - Posted by | 1, AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, environment, uranium | , , , , ,

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