The Australian Conservation Foundation and the Arid Lands Environment Centre have urged NT Labor Party members to reject outright the proposal for a new uranium mine in central Australia when the issue comes up for debate at this weekend’s Territory ALP conference.
Arid Lands Environment Centre-Beyond Nuclear Initiative (ALEC-BNI) today welcomed the Federal Government announcement of funding for the Alice Springs Solar City initiative, but reiterated that any positive benefits may be overshadowed if a radioactive waste dump is built in the region.
Traditional owners, pastoralists and community representatives who have travelled from each of the sites being targeted for the proposed Commonwealth radioactive waste dump will be joined by Territory politicians and national environment groups at a media conference in Darwin today.
Following the derailment of the Ghan train near the Adelaide River yesterday, Territory and national environment groups expressed concern about transport of radioactive materials along this route amidst the push for increased nuclear activity in the Territory.
Territory and national environment groups today condemned the notion of the Northern Territory developing a uranium enrichment industry, despite apparent interest from the CLP to pursue this path.
Territorians are shocked by Science Minister Julie Bishop’s assertions that no one is living near the proposed sites for the Commonwealth radioactive waste dump in the NT, when each of the areas being considered has communities within a ten kilometre radius.
Community profiles of the proposed NT sites for the Commonwealth radioactive waste dump.
As the OPAL nuclear reactor at Lucas Heights near Sydney is commissioned today to begin operation, the contentious and unresolved issue of radioactive waste management remains prominent in the minds of Territorians.
The Arid Lands Environment Centre-Beyond Nuclear Initiative (ALEC-BNI) welcomes the incoming Labor Government’s commitment to repeal the Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management Act that overrode Territory laws to force a federal radioactive dump on the NT.
The Arid Lands Environment Centre-Beyond Nuclear Initiative (ALEC-BNI) welcomes the incoming Labor Government’s commitment to repeal the Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management Act that overrode Territory laws to force a federal radioactive dump on the NT.