The Politics of Nuclear Waste Disposal: Lessons from Australia

In this report, Jim Green and Dimity Hawkins explore Australia’s long and complex engagement with nuclear waste issues.
Most of Australia’s nuclear waste comes from Lucas Heights – should it stay there?

Opponents of proposed dump site at Kimba in South Australia say it would be safer to keep the waste where it mostly is.
Australia’s nuclear waste is growing as battle over dump site heats up

Australia is accumulating more intermediate-level nuclear waste than previously thought, a new inventory has found, as the battle over a nuclear waste dump heats up.
Proposed National Radioactive Waste Facility: Implications and Options for SA

Report prepared by the Conservation Council SA – The Proposed National Radioactive Waste Dump – Implications and Options for SA.
Australia’s history of mismanaging radioactive waste

Friends of the Earth fact sheet outlining the gross mismanagement of nuclear waste across Australia and internationally.
No Dump Alliance submission for senate inquiry

No Dump Alliance’s submission to the Senate regarding the selection process for a National radioactive waste management facility in South Australia.
Paper – Responsible radioactive waste management in Australia

The case for an independent inquiry to thoroughly explore radioactive waste management in Australia.