Antinuclear

Olympic Dam uranium mine waste pile – 6720 hectares,150 metres high

BHP’s Olympic Dam uranium mining expansion “……In all it will remove a 350-metre thick layer of overburden and the rock taken out will be transported to a rock storage facility that covers 6720 hectares and will eventually be 150 metres high. By 2050, when the mine has not even completed half its life, the pit will be 4.1 kilometres long, 3.5 kilometres wide and one kilometre deep……” – Robert Gottliebson, Climate Spectator

May 16, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | environment, South Australia, uranium | South Australia