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Quiet beginning to clean up dead nuclear reactor

Little fallout from nuclear clean-up  (they hope) PS News 19 May 2010,

Obsolete facilities to be decommissioned, Work is due to commence soon on decommissioning obsolete nuclear facilities at the Lucas Heights Science and Technology Centre and the National Medical Cyclotron……experts from the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation would finish decommissioning the Moata reactor and continue work on decommissioning the HIFAR reactor, both at Lucas Heights, and begin the process of decommissioning the National Medical Cyclotron.
“The funding will be used to dismantle the facilities, support ongoing maintenance and inspections, and manage waste products.”
…..“For safety reasons, there is always a delay between when a nuclear reactor is shut down and when it is decommissioned,” …. Little fallout from nuclear clean-up

May 19, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | New South Wales, uranium, wastes | antinuclear, Australia, Lucas Heights, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear wastes, radioactive, uranium