Residents Vote Against Nuclear Waste Dump near Hawker in South Australia

摘要

Residents in South Australia's Flinders Ranges have voted narrowly against having a nuclear waste dump in their region. About 52% of the people who took part in the ballot voted against the federal government's facility being established on land near Hawker. The result came after a similar poll of residents on SA's Eyre Peninsula voted almost 62% in favour of the dump being built on one of two sites near Kimba. The federal government is yet to respond to the poll, but environmental groups said it should rule out the Flinders Ranges as a potential dump site.