Antinuclear

In a new open letter to state MPs, 42 influential people demand the State Government commits to completing first-stage investigations of the proposed high-level repository.

The group, which also includes Adelaide Football Club chairman Rob Chapman and renowned brewer Tim Cooper, urges modest expenditure to investigate the proposal’s viability.

This would include assessing whether other countries were willing to participate and contribute financially, analysing potential competitors and developing a clear exit strategy……..

Many of the signatories were behind a similar open letter in December last year, which demanded political leaders not block study of the proposed repository, which would involve a purpose-built waste storage and disposal facility for international used nuclear fuel…….

Opposition Treasury spokesman Rob Lucas has questioned the repository’s $257 billion revenue forecast and warned taxpayers might have to spend more than $600 million and still decide not to proceed with the dump……http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/new-push-for-highlevel-international-nuclear-waste-dump-in-south-australia/news-story/fcc16323dfc87c46d83dc358f8c7f59a