Feuds and infighting as nuclear waste dump plan tears communities apart
by Shalailah Medhora from Environment | The Guardian on (#15KA0)
Representatives from six sites flagged by the Australian government as possible locations for the nation's radioactive waste have taken their fight to Canberra. But back home, the proposal is turning friends and neighbours against each other
Peter and Sue Woolford were born and bred in the small rural community of Kimba in South Australia's Eyre Peninsula. The 1,000-strong town rallied behind the couple when their teenage son, Matthew, died in a farming accident 12 years ago.
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