Antinuclear

Gillard is pro Muckaty Nuclear Waste Dump, but Protest Grows

ACF last week launched its “Dump the Dump” campaign, raising money to campaign against the Muckaty proposal in the lead-up to the federal election.

Gillard OK with nuclear dump process, Sydney Morning Herald, GABRIELLE DUNLEVY, July 7, 2010 -A process that will see Australia get its first nuclear waste dump against the wishes of the site’s traditional owners will not change under Prime Minister Julia Gillard.

Before the 2007 election, Labor promised to throw out the Howard government’s plans to build a receptacle for low and medium-level radioactive waste at Muckaty Station, in the Northern Territory.

But in government, Labor instigated a process that could still see a dump built on the site without the consent of all its traditional owners………….

Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) spokesman Dave Sweeney said it was a disappointing decision.

“New leadership is a good time to review bad decisions, and Muckaty is a very bad decision,” he told AAP.

“We do have the responsibility to store our national radioactive waste effectively and responsibly, but we can’t do that in a manner that’s inconsistent with international standards and practice.”

ACF last week launched its “Dump the Dump” campaign, raising money to campaign against the Muckaty proposal in the lead-up to the federal election.

Gillard OK with nuclear dump process

July 8, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, politics, uranium | aboriginal, antinuclear, Australia, Muckaty, nuclear wastes, radioactive, renewable, uranium