There are two Radioactive Waste Facility Development sites nominated for the Kimba District. The Against Radioactive Waste Action Group is seeking your support to stop this development.

“The Australian Government is seeking to acquire a voluntarily nominated site on which to builda National Radioactive Waste Management Facility (NRWMF) to manage low level waste (LLW) and intermediate level waste (ILW) generated in Australia.” 

WE ARE STRONGLY OPPOSED TO THIS FACILITY BEING CONSTRUCTED ANYWHERE IN THE KIMBA REGION 

“The NRWMF will accommodate the disposal of LLW and may also include storage for ILW for Australian wastes.  It will provide capacity for long-term management of radioactive waste that is currently in storage and for future anticipated generated waste. It may provide for storage of ILW until a permanent disposal solution is developed.”

“Waste residues from the reprocessing of spent fuel from ANSTO’s HIFAR reactor is expected to return to Australia by the end of 2015.

This will see 65m3 of ILW return to be stored. Additionally, approximately 500m3 of LLW and the same volume of ILW will result from decommissioning of the HIFAR reactor. Future decommissioning volumes of a similar order are anticipated along with general waste from the ongoing civilian/research/medical sectors (such as the OPAL reactor).” 

"There will be a 60-day public comment period following the Minister’s announcement and during this period any concerns raised by interested parties will be captured and taken into consideration.”

“The Commonwealth will be required to maintain control over the facility until decommissioning is complete and the nuclear regulator is satisfied that it can be returned for public or private use. This is expected to be approximately 400 years from establishment, consisting of 100 years of operations and 300 years of post-operations monitoring and decommissioning. Use of the site following decommissioning would be a matter for a future Government.”

PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM HEARS YOUR SUPPORT TO STOPPING THIS.

 This petition has been developed by the Against Radioactive Waste Action Group, all data is sourced from www.radioactivewaste.gov.au