Radioactive waste’s journey from Melbourne to Sydney, and now to South Australia
Dangerous waste to be moved
The Age MARK DAVIS September 26, 2009 TWENTY years after it was first uncovered at an old CSIRO site in Melbourne’s Fishermans Bend, nearly 10,000 barrels of radioactive waste are on the move again Continue reading
nuclear waste: ‘stick it in the middle of Australia’
Oz ‘the perfect N-dump’
August 11, 2009
NUCLEAR waste from around the world should be brought to Australia for disposal, a global energy expert said yesterday.
There is a great opportunity for Australia to make lots of money as the use of nuclear energy increases, said Professor Paul Stevens, senior research fellow at Chatham House, the London-based Royal Institute for International Affairs………………………..
“One of the problems of nuclear, of course, is the waste disposal. But I get frustrated over this. Surely it is not beyond the wit of humankind to come up with a solution.
“The screamingly obvious one is to stick it all in the middle of Australia, because you’re geologically secure and politically stable.
“You would charge for the honour of doing this.”
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