A nuclear waste “dump” could be built anywhere in Australia without consultation under a proposed federal bill, Greens Senator David Shoebridge has claimed.
AUKUS law could dump nuclear waste anywhere in Australia and there is nothing residents can do to stop it, Greens Senator David Shoebridge claims
“It allows our Defence Minister to identify any part of the country, issue a regulation, and impose a high-level nuclear waste dump,” Senator Shoebridge said. “Our communities need to be protected, and there must be instruments in this legislation which protect us from overreach and undue secrecy on defence activities.
The National Radioactive Waste Management Act 2012, which created a framework to establish a facility, requires the study of environment impacts, consent from landowners, and public consultation. “If this legislation goes through without amendments, we could wake up the next day and there could not only be a low-level nuclear waste dump, but a high-level one in Kimba.”
The government is considering recommendations made by the Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade’s report on the Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety legislation, which was released on May 13.
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