Ask the Australian Senate to consider this: why was South Australia chosen – to house Lucas Heights’ nuclear waste?

The appropriateness and thoroughness of the site selection process for a national radioactive waste management facility at Kimba and Hawker in South Australia.

That’s the first question to consider in the Terms Of Reference for the Senate Economics References Committee. It means a journey of approx 1700 Km

This is in conflict with International Atomic Energy Agency’s best practce – as set out in The Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management::

“radioactive waste should, as far as is compatible with the safety of the management of such material, be disposed of in the State in which it was generated”.

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Tim Bickmore has reminded me that the IAEA is using “States” to mean whole countries. However, the principle remains the same – the transport of wastes brings risk all along the way.

Comment by Christina MacPherson | March 12, 2018 | Reply

1.This month

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of the week

ICAN Cities Appeal

THE DAMNED The human fallout of Britain’s nuclear bombs

Kids Striking from School for a Safe Climate Future

Is the California fire spreading nuclear toxins

Beatrice Fihn ICAN Cities Appeal

EVENTS

More info on these at Action Australia

November 19 Monday – Hawker, South Australia – Flinders Local Action Group – National Radioactive Waste Management Facility – What is at stake?

November 30 Friday – Melbourne – Kids Striking from School for a Safe Climate Future. e.g. #StopAdani’s mega coal mine)

November 30 Friday – Sydney– Kids Striking from School for a Safe Climate Future. e.g. #StopAdani’s mega coal mine)

November 30 Friday – Brisbane – Kids Striking from School for a Safe Climate Future. e.g. #StopAdani’s mega coal mine)

December 3 Saturday – Adelaide – Rally : Don’t Dump on South Australia

December 18 Tuesday – Adelaide– Labor and the Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty

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The Senate Committee has now released its Report . It is a wishy washy support for the process– quotes extensively from the submissions, but has little idea of its own. Greens Dissenting Submission packs a punch, as does Senator Rex Patrick’s Additional Comments.

Read summaries of submissions to the Senate, re the Selection process for a national radioactive waste management facility in South Australia. Each summary has a link to the full submission. Obviously the Department of Industry Innovation and Science (DIIS) was not happy with the majority of submissions opposing the process, so now are trying to get a better (for them) result

NUCLEAR WASTE DUMP – Senate Committee of Inquiry

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The Senate Inquiry on Selection process for a national radioactive waste management facility in South Australia. has now 112 submissions published

Read the brief summaries of submissions – 55 anti-nuclear, 41 pro nuclear (13 confidential) , with links to each full submission published on this Antinuclear website.

See our page: Submissions on Radioactive Waste Code 2018/ Submissions published by ARPANSA are overwhelmingly critical, and in opposition to the Federal nuclear dump plan for rural South Australia. [not to be confused with the current SENATE INQUIRY Selection process for a national radioactive waste management facility in South Australia.]

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PETITIONS

Online Open letter requesting ACTION to enforce South Australia’s law against nuclear waste dumping. http://petition.dyndns.org/

Say no to the federal plan to dump and store nuclear waste in SA.

Don’t Let Frydenberg approve Yeelirrie uranium mine or extinction!

No Nuclear Bundabunda at Brewarrina – bad poison [SIGN THE PETITION]

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