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South Australia Royal Commission Backs Plan to Store World's Nuclear Waste in Australia's Outback
Feb. 15, 2016 09:58AM PST
Energy InvestingThe Guardian recently reported that the South Australian royal commission released its tentative findings, which backed nuclear fuel storage and left the door open to further uranium mining and processing but came down against the use of nuclear power for electricity generation.
The Guardian recently reported that the South Australian royal commission released its tentative findings, which backed nuclear fuel storage and left the door open to further uranium mining and processing but came down against the use of nuclear power for electricity generation.
According to the article:
The royal commission noted the main hazard from developing an industry storing other countries’ used fuel rods was emission of radiation into the natural environment, including that particles emitting radiation could be inhaled or ingested by humans and other organisms.