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World Nuclear News reported that the Australian Northern Territory Government has opted not to prosecute Energy Resources of Australia over the failure of a leach tank at the Ranger uranium mine in December 2013.
World Nuclear News reported that the Australian Northern Territory Government has opted not to prosecute Energy Resources of Australia over the failure of a leach tank at the Ranger uranium mine in December 2013.
According to the article:
A statement issued by the Northern Territory Department of Mines and Energy (DME) today said that based on legal advice, it had decided “that it is not in the public interest to prosecute ERA under the Mining Management Act.”
The department issued its decision following extensive investigations into the leach tank failure, which resulted in a spill of about 1400 cubic metres of acidic slurry. Operations at Ranger were suspended for six months while investigations into the incident took place.