Antinuclear

Inquiry into Australia’s fig leaf on the nuclear industry – Lucas Heights nuclear reactor

Nuclear facilities under scrutiny St George and Sutherland Shire
Leader, By Murray Trembath Dec. 28, 2012 A PARLIAMENTARY committee
inquiry into ANSTO’s proposed new nuclear medicine and Synroc waste
treatment plants is routine.

The Standing Committee on Public Works has begun a consultation
process into the $168million project, which will include a public
hearing in February.

A spokeswoman for the committee said the inquiry was ‘‘standard
procedure’’, required by law.

She said the committee had to be notified of all government works with
a proposed cost of more than $2million, and hold a public inquiry into
those valued at more than $15million to  ensure they were fit for the
purpose and represented value for money. The committee comprises three
members from the Senate and six from the House of Representatives.

Under the proposal, the new nuclear medicine manufacturing plant would
be completed by 2016.

It would produce molybdenum-99 (Mo-99), used for the diagnosis of
heart disease, cancers, and kidney and gastrointestinal tract
disorders…..
For details of the proposal, or to make a submission to the inquiry,
visit: aph.gov.au/pwc.

Submissions close on January 24, and a public hearing is due to be
held in February, with details yet to be
announced.http://www.theleader.com.au/story/1200232/nuclear-facilities-under-scrutiny/?cs=12

December 28, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, politics