US nuclear dump won't fix problem

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"The state, and particularly the people of southern Sydney, remain in the dark about how long the waste will continue to be stored in NSW and how the commonwealth will ensure it's safe to transport to a secure port," Mr Debus said yesterday.

"We're not talking about low-level nuclear waste used in hospitals -- some of this material is highly dangerous.

"The NSW Government has repeatedly requested the federal Government to take an open approach on this, and instead we hear of a quick-fix, backroom deal devoid of detail."

The Australian Conservation Foundation said the deal did nothing to minimise the risk of storing large volumes of nuclear waste at Lucas Heights, in the middle of a heavily populated suburb, and failed to explain what would be done with the estimated 1500 cubic metres of long-lasting nuclear waste already accumulated at Lucas Heights. "The commonwealth is only talking about spent fuel but there's a whole lot of other waste that reactors produce," ACF spokesman David Noonan said.

State and territory governments mutinied last year after a federal government shortlist of potential dump sites across the nation was leaked to the media. Commonwealth land in Puckapunyal in Victoria and Jervis Bay in NSW were among the locations on the list, which emerged just weeks after John Howard backed down in his tussle with South Australia to locate the dump at Woomera in the state's north.
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