Antinuclear

ANSTO directs its nuclear propaganda to Hale in Central Australia

Nuclear waste dump: ANSTO testing mood for repository at Hale in Central Australia, ABC News, 16 Feb 16  By Rick Hind  Nuclear technicians are holding briefings in and around Alice Springs to gauge the level of public support for a nuclear waste dump at Hale, located 75 kilometres south of the town.

Representatives from the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) and the Federal Department of Industry, Innovation and Science will hold private briefings and public forums over two days in Alice Springs, and at Titjikala, the closest Indigenous community to the 120-hectare Aridgold date farm, which has been nominated to become home to a dump.

Ahead of the sessions Federal Energy and Resources Minister Josh Frydenberg said phone polling was being used in communities near all six shortlisted sites around the country, including three in South Australia and one each in NSW, QLD and the NT.

“In all six sites there will be that sort of phone polling,” he told 783 ABC Alice Springs…….

The largest public meeting will be held in Alice Springs at 6:00pm on Tuesday.

Consultations are expected to wind up on March 11.  http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-15/ansto-testing-mood-for-nuclear-waste-dump-in-central-australia/7169180

February 17, 2016 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | General News