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~ Nuclear Waste ~

These links will assist Year 11 Australian Studies students investigating nuclear waste dumping, particularly as this issue applies in South Australia.

Newstext searches (Australian newspaper articles - note these are only available on the school network)

Websites

Jim Green Nuclear & Environmental Research - many and varied links to explore. http://www.geocities.com/jimgreen3/index.html

Radioactive Waste Management in Australia - for the Commonwealth government viewpoint. Published by Department of Education, Science & Technology.
http://www.dest.gov.au/radwaste

Australian Conservation Foundation - anti-nuclear campaign & background information. http://www.acfonline.org.au/asp/pages/document.asp?IdDoc=1106 

South Australia to Become Nuclear ... 
South Australia to Become Nuclear Waste Dump The Federal Government was accused yesterday of making South Australia a national nuclear-waste dump after it named an outback plateau as its preferred dump site. http://msowww.anu.edu.au/~peterson/SAnucleardump.html 

No Nuclear Waste Dump for South Australia
No Nuclear Waste Dump for South Australia -- Frequently Asked Questions Why does the Federal Government want a nuclear waste dump in our State? The Federal Government wants to put a nuclear waste dump in South Australia for two reasons.
http://www.peace.internode.on.net/nuclear/sa_waste.htm
 

Australia's Proposed Radioactive Waste Dump...
Radioactive waste dump proposed by nuclear stalwart Pangea ... is despite the Esk radioactive waste repository operating ... radioac...
http://www.sea-us.org.au/wastedump/wastedump.html
 

PM - 7/11/00: South Australia bans nuclear waste dump plans
A warning today to the Federal Government that plans to dump radio-active waste in South Australia could cost a swag of ... ... ABC RADIO Listen to this story [Requires Microsoft Media Player] http://www.abc.net.au/pm/s209419.htm 

The National Radioactive Waste Dump
The National Radioactive Waste Dump LUCAS HEIGHTS REACTOR | AUSTRALIA | SOUTH AUSTRALIA The campaign against the Federal government proposal to dump the nation's radioactive waste in South Australia. From The Anti-nuclear Association of Western Australia.
http://www.anawa.org.au/sa/nationaldump.html
 

Irati Wanti
The Federal Government has cleared the way for a radioactive waste dump in South Australia... The Aboriginal perspective on this move.
http://www.iratiwanti.org/home.php3
 

The following collection of sites, while about nuclear waste dumps in the USA, may be of use…..

ABOUT THE YUCCA MOUNTAIN WEB SITE COLLECTION... http://lii.org/yucca Is Yucca Mountain, Nevada, a suitable site for a spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste repository?  Explore both sides of this explosive issue through our new collection of related resources.



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