Royal Commission Explores Feasibility of Waste Dump in South Australia

摘要

Establishing an outback nuclear waste dump would be the best economic move for South Australia if the State Government decides to expand its role in the nuclear industry, Business SA says. It has been revealed Premier Jay Weatherill last year received a report commissioned by former Employment and Science Minister Tom Kenyon, which found setting up a waste dump near Woomera could reap billions for the local economy. A royal commission headed by Kevin Scarce is in the process of examining the potential for an expansion of the state's role in the nuclear industry, including whether a nuclear power station or nuclear waste dump should be built.