‘Poison portal’: US and UK could send nuclear waste to Australia under Aukus, inquiry told
by Tory Shepherd from Environment | The Guardian on (#6KRK5)
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Australia could become a poison portal" for international radioactive waste under the Aukus deal, a parliamentary inquiry into nuclear safety legislation has heard.
New laws to establish a safety framework for Australia's planned nuclear-powered submarines could also allow the US and UK to send waste here, while both of those countries are struggling to deal with their own waste, as no long-term, high-level waste facilities have been created.
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