Nuclear waste

Sunday, September 20

Kimba nuclear dump laws hit parliament

Draft laws to turn a Kimba farm into a national nuclear waste facility have hit federal parliament, only weeks after the site on SA’s Eyre Peninsula was announced.

Kimba nuke decision dumps on Indigenous rights

The federal government’s decision to place a a nuclear waste storage site at Kimba on SA’s Eyre Peninsula turned deaf ears to the opposition of the area’s native title holders, argues Jim Green and Michele Madigan.

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Safe transport a key issue for nuclear dump: citizens' jury

The question of safe transport of waste is one of four key issues to emerge from the first public examination of the proposal to build a nuclear waste dump in South Australia.

Premier silent while Flinders Ranges threatened

One of the traditional owners of the Flinders Ranges land earmarked for a low level nuclear waste dump, Regina McKenzie, writes about the significance of the site and why Premier Jay Weatherill should intervene.

'Act now' or lose nuclear opportunity to other states

South Australia must seize the opportunity to make billions of dollars storing nuclear waste before another state “grabs” it from us.

Concern over shortlisted SA nuclear dump sites

Local communities have been promised they will be heard before the Federal Government settles on a final site for a national nuclear waste dump, with three of the six shortlisted locations in South Australia.