http://avoca.vicnet.net.au/~seaus/wastedump/wastedump.html Australia's Proposed Radioactive Waste Dump in SA Banner artwork by Lyn Hovey (1998). Presented at the Public Meeting, Coober Pedy, September 29, 1998. The federal Department of Primary Industry & Energy (DPIE) have released the report for Phase 3 of the Low-Level & Short-Lived Intermediate Radioactive Waste Dump. A company from the USA, Pangea Resources, has already approached the federal government about privatising the facility and possibly accepting high level nuclear waste, even from overseas. They have chosen a site the size of a football field somewhere within an area the size of Tasmania. The preferred site is the Billa Kalina region of South Australia, extending from Roxby Downs north towards Marree and west to near Coober Pedy. The Anti-Kirinya/Umoona Aboriginal community from Coober Pedy, who have traditional responsibilities for the land in the Billa Kalina region, are opposed to the dump. A recent public meeting between environmental groups, the Anti-Karinya and the Coober Pedy People Against the Dump was held on September 29, 1998. The message is clear - keep it in the cities where the "experts" who produce have to manage it themselves. Don't continue to sacrifice Australia's beautiful arid land heritage with yet more toxic and intractable waste from the nuclear industry juggernaut. Environmentalists and the Anti-Karinya/Umoona community showing outright opposition to the Radioactive Waste Dump. Coober Pedy, September 29, 1998. Copies of the information kits can be obtained from the Bureau of Resource Sciences on 1800 682 704 or on email at [EMAIL PROTECTED] The project website is at : http://www.nric.gov.au/nric/projects/assess/radwaste.html Initial comments were due by April 30, 1998. There is expected to a detailed Environmental Impact Statement prepared for the final site chosen, and the April 30 deadline was for initial public comment on the Phase 3 report only. Submission by Friends of the Earth (Fitzroy)! (Acrobat/PDF) Page last updated October 15, 1998. Back to the SEA-US Front Page Copyright � SEA-US 1998 end ============== Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List As vilified, slandered and attacked by One Nation mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
