Dutton refuses to say where he’ll store radioactive waste. Do you want hazardous waste in your community?
Nuclear power stations generate radioactive waste such as spent reactor fuel, reprocessing effluents, and contaminated tools and work clothing. These materials can remain radioactive and hazardous to human health for tens of thousands of years.
This waste will need to be trucked across the country on public roads to be disposed of in a nuclear waste facility.
But, Australia does not have a dedicated national radioactive waste facility. And Dutton is refusing to say where he plans to put the waste.
To date, no Australian community has ever agreed to store radioactive waste. Would you want nuclear waste in your local area, being driven through your streets, or in the paddock next door?
