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Management of the planned nuclear waste dump in South Australia will be based in Adelaide, with recruitment underway for staff as plans for the facility accelerate. Resources Minister Keith Pitt says a satellite office will also be established in Kimba, near where the waste repository will be built on a farming property. About 35 staff will be recruited for the Australian Radioactive Waste Agency which will take charge of the management of nuclear waste across the country as well as the design and construction of the facility. Legislation to establish the dump has already passed federal parliament’s lower house and is before a Senate committee after the location was selected earlier this year. The Napandee property on Eyre Peninsula was chosen after an exhaustive process lasting four years with community concerns eventually ruling out alternative locations in SA. The dump, which is expected to operate for 100 years, will be used to store low-level nuclear material, mostly used in nuclear medicine. Mr Pitt said the establishment of ARWA was another step forward in what had been a very long-running process to develop a vitally important facility. “Two in every three Australians will use nuclear medicine and that means two of every three Australians will produce some low-level radioactive waste that needs to be stored and managed,” he said. “This is a national piece of infrastructure that is critical for all of those individuals.” Mr Pitt said ARWA would operate as an independent agency with staff to be drawn from around Australia and possibly around the world to ensure those with the right skill set were attracted. When the Napandee site was chosen, owner Jeff Baldock welcomed the plan and urged the government to move forward. He said it was a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to secure Kimba’s future” and the waste facility would potentially provide jobs and much-needed revenue for the region. “It’s very rare that a small country community gets the chance to guarantee that it’s still going to be here in 300 years’ time,” he said. “We’re always looking for ways to attract new industry and try and boost our local community.” Australian Associated Press
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Management of the planned nuclear waste dump in South Australia will be based in Adelaide, with recruitment underway for staff as plans for the facility accelerate.
Resources Minister Keith Pitt says a satellite office will also be established in Kimba, near where the waste repository will be built on a farming property.
About 35 staff will be recruited for the Australian Radioactive Waste Agency which will take charge of the management of nuclear waste across the country as well as the design and construction of the facility.
Legislation to establish the dump has already passed federal parliament’s lower house and is before a Senate committee after the location was selected earlier this year.
The Napandee property on Eyre Peninsula was chosen after an exhaustive process lasting four years with community concerns eventually ruling out alternative locations in SA.
The dump, which is expected to operate for 100 years, will be used to store low-level nuclear material, mostly used in nuclear medicine.
Mr Pitt said the establishment of ARWA was another step forward in what had been a very long-running process to develop a vitally important facility.
“Two in every three Australians will use nuclear medicine and that means two of every three Australians will produce some low-level radioactive waste that needs to be stored and managed,” he said.
“This is a national piece of infrastructure that is critical for all of those individuals.”
Mr Pitt said ARWA would operate as an independent agency with staff to be drawn from around Australia and possibly around the world to ensure those with the right skill set were attracted.
When the Napandee site was chosen, owner Jeff Baldock welcomed the plan and urged the government to move forward.
He said it was a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to secure Kimba’s future” and the waste facility would potentially provide jobs and much-needed revenue for the region.
“It’s very rare that a small country community gets the chance to guarantee that it’s still going to be here in 300 years’ time,” he said.
“We’re always looking for ways to attract new industry and try and boost our local community.”
Australian Associated Press
