Earthquake-proof steel cask carrying 2t of radioactive waste to arrive in Sydney next year
by Australian Associated Press from Environment | The Guardian on (#5T7H8)
Nuclear waste has been reprocessed in the UK and will be stored at Lucas Heights until Napandee facility is ready
A monolithic steel cask designed to withstand an earthquake and a jet strike will arrive in Sydney next year, carrying two tonnes of radioactive waste.
For security reasons authorities won't say when the hulking capsule - containing four 500kg canisters of intermediate-level material" - will arrive from the UK.
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