South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill today announced plans for a referendum on whether the state should host a storage facility for international nuclear waste.
South Australia's nuclear Royal Commission has recommended the introduction of more streamlined uranium mine approval processes as well as strengthened measures to ensure companies provide advance guarantees that they can pay for decommissioning.
As Australia continues a struggle that has lasted more than two decades to find a site for low-level radioactive materials, a Royal Commission today added a new dimension by proposing the importation and storage of high-level nuclear waste.
Environment Minister Tony Burke today granted EPBC Act approval to BHP Billiton's Olympic Dam expansion, on the same day that the South Australian Government gave it the go-ahead, with the Greens warning the project would create a 'carcinogenic mountain'.