Northern Territory targeted as the only place for nuclear waste dump
Nuclear dump sites ‘all in the Territory’ NORTHERN TERRITORY NEWS NICK CALACOURAS November 3rd, 2009 THE Federal Government has been sitting on a report on the decision to build a nuclear waste dump in the Territory for the past nine months. Australia needs to build a waste facility by 2015, when spent nuclear fuel rods are returned from France.
The Government had previously promised to decide the location of the facility based on “science”.The Commonwealth’s Radioactive Waste Section manager Patrick Davoren told the Senate Estimates committee that the Parson Brinckerhoff report into the sites was received in February.But he said the report only looked at three Defence sites – all in the Northern Territory………
…….. “The Government is considering its position in the light of that report and in light of its platform and its election commitment,” he said. Mr Davoren said the report had been with Cabinet since February. He also said the department had not been looking at any site other than those in the Northern Territory………
…….. Labor is yet to fulfil a 2007 election promise to repeal the Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management Act, which allows the Government to force a nuclear dump in the Territory.Nuclear dump sites ‘all in the Territory’ – Northern Territory News
Nuclear dump sites ‘all in the Territory’ – Northern Territory News
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