Antinuclear

Sallys Flat residents not consulted about nuclear waste dump proposal, want answers

Nuclear waste storage: Government officials grilled over proposal for historic village Sallys Flat , ABC News 26 Nov 15  Dozens of people have attended a community meeting to grill Federal Government officials over a proposal to store nuclear waste near a historic village in the Bathurst district in central west New South Wales.

Sallys Flat is one of six sites around Australia shortlisted by the Federal Government to host the country’s first permanent nuclear waste dump.

A community meeting is being held in Hill End today to discuss the possibility that the neighbouring village of Sallys Flat could be chosen to store the material.

The meeting, at Hill End’s Royal Hall, is the first chance locals have had to hear directly from Federal Government representatives about the decision to shortlist the site.

Commonwealth officials are due at the meeting to give residents a chance to find out more about the proposal.

Community in the dark, residents say

Neighbouring landowner Robyn Rayner said the entire community was in the dark about the proposal.

“To this day we have no information stating how it will affect us personally or the community as a whole,” Mrs Rayner said……http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-26/sallys-flat-nuclear-waste-site-proposal-meeting/6974808

November 27, 2015 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | General News