A plan to store radioactive waste in Sydney's suburbs has the backing of the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) because it won't be dumped in the outback
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Thirteen cubic metres of the waste - enough to fill one third of a shipping container - will be returned to Australia by 2015 and stored for five years at the Lucas Heights nuclear facility.
The waste, which will remain toxic for centuries, was generated in Australia through the production of nuclear medicine and during scientific research.
It was taken to France for reprocessing but will be returned under and Australian-Franco government agreement and kept in a newly built storage unit.
ACF nuclear campaigner Dave Sweeney said he'd rather have the waste at Lucas Heights than placed near outback communities.
"It puts it into an area where there's established and proven security and monitoring," Mr Sweeney told AAP.
"And where there's the greatest number of experts in Australia."
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) CEO Dr Adi Paterson said most people would be surprised how small the volume of waste was.
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Editor's Note: When will the stupidity stop? Maybe it has something to do with the people that run the place..... AAArgh!
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