Nuclear Waste Arrives at Temporary Facility after being Processed in France

摘要

Australia's first import of reprocessed nuclear waste has arrived at its temporary storage facility in New South Wales without incident, after being repatriated from France. In the early hours of Sunday morning, a tank holding 20 canisters of what is called immediate-level waste, was taken to the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANTSO) facility at Lucas Heights. The canisters, each about one metre in height and with a 170-litre capacity, were carrying about 25 tonnes of nuclear waste.