Radon gas leaked from Woomera’s radioactive waste drums

Just a reminder that in 2016 ARPANSA found that the 10,000 CSIRO drums of radioactive waste at Woomera [material flagged by DIIS as +/- 40% by volume of the national dump inventory] held Thorium – & that Radium had leaked out through on-going deterioration of containment.
Both Thorium & Radium produce the toxic invisible odourless radioactive gas Radon – however ARPANSA consistently refuses to confirm or deny whether Radon gas will flow out of their proposed facility.
2016 ARPANSA Inspection Report link here:
https://www.arpansa.gov.au/…/regulatory/…/2016/R16-05292.rtf https://www.facebook.com/groups/1314655315214929/?multi_permalinks=2563961080284340%2C2563869900293458¬if_id=1537398758031391¬if_t=group_activity
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