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Sydney’s Hunter’s Hill uranium radioactive wastes might be dumped in western suburb

Sydney’s uranium waste could still go west, Josephine Tovey, October 18, 2011   The Premier, Barry O’Farrell, will not rule out sending waste from a former uranium plant in Hunters Hill to western Sydney, despite the Coalition campaigning against the move when it was in opposition.

The Keneally government had signed a contract with SITA Environmental Solutions at Kemps Creek to dispose of the waste but withdrew from it last year after an outcry from the community.

Liberal candidate for Mulgoa Tanya Davies, who won the seat, had accused the former government of using her electorate as “dumping ground for Sydney”…. http://www.smh.com.au/environment/sydneys-uranium-waste-could-still-go-west-20111017-1ltfb.html

October 18, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | New South Wales, politics, uranium, wastes