A political deal is within sight to store nuclear waste in remote Australia after federal Labor voted to negotiate on a long-delayed bill in Parliament to find a new location for medical material currently stored in the southern suburbs of Sydney.
While the move is fiercely contested by environmental groups and others who have campaigned for years to stop the waste being sent to SA, Labor resources spokesman Madeleine King gained support from the caucus to negotiate on the bill. Under international treaties, Australia has an obligation to store its own nuclear waste and is currently sending much of it to the Lucas Heights facility in southern Sydney, where storage capacity is forecast to run out by 2030.“The most recent information we have is that every Australian will utilise nuclear medicine sometime in their lifetime, whether it’s to identify cancer, to treat cancer or for other advanced health technologies,” Mr Pitt said.
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Amazing that in a country this size with places so remote and Unpopulated we haven't gone down this road yet and including developing our own nuclear power
Let me guess it won't be in Double Bay?