Footnotes

[1] Minister for Education, Science and Training, Media Release, 15 July 2005.

[2] Drawn from Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST) submission.

[3] Proof Committee Hansard, p. 70. (Dr Cameron)

[4] From DEST website: http://www.radioactivewaste.gov.au/australia_and_radiation/amounts_of_radioactive_waste_in_australia.htm

[5] A standard 40 foot shipping container contains 2400 cubic feet, equivalent to about 67 cubic metres.

[6] From DEST website: http://www.radioactivewaste.gov.au/australia_and_radiation/amounts_of_radioactive_waste_in_australia.htm

[7] Proof Committee Hansard, p. 69.

[8] Proof Committee Hansard, p. 69

[9] From DEST website: http://www.radioactivewaste.gov.au/australia_and_radiation/amounts_of_radioactive_waste_in_australia.htm

[10] Proof Committee Hansard, p, 47.

[11] Media Release, Australian Government Minister for Education, Science and Training, 15 July 2005.

[12] Proof Committee Hansard, p, 77.

[13] Minister for Primary Industries and Energy, Media Release, 1 June 1992.

[14] A Radioactive Waste Repository for Australia: Methods for Choosing the Right Site, from DEST website at: http://www.radioactivewaste.gov.au/framework/publications/repository_publications.htm

[15] A Radioactive Waste Repository for Australia: Methods for Choosing the Right Site, p. 5.

[16] Senator the Hon. Nick Minchin, Media Release, 8 February 2001.

[17] The preceding paragraphs are derived from a Parliamentary Library publication, Radioactive Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel Management in Australia, at https://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/online/RadioactiveWaste.htm

[18] The Hon. Brendan Nelson MP, Media Release, 15 July 2005.

[19] Proof Committee Hansard, p, 47.

[20] Submission 144.

[21] DEST, Submission 126, p. 3.

[22] NLC, Submission 124, p. 3.

[23] NLC, Submission 124, p. 4.

[24] See p. 4 of the NLC submission.

[25] DEST, Submission 126, p. 4.

[26] See for example Katherine Landcare Group, Submission 12; Katherine Nuclear Dump Action Group, Submission 145.

[27] Proof Committee Hansard, p. 71.

[28] Proof Committee Hansard, p. 72.

[29] ACF, Submission 124, p. 1.

[30] Proof Committee Hansard, p. 34.

[31] Proof Committee Hansard, p. 32.

[32] Proof Committee Hansard, p. 33.

[33] Proof Committee Hansard, p. 35.

[34] Proof Committee Hansard, p. 34.

[35] Proof Committee Hansard, p. 77.

[36] Proof Committee Hansard, p. 41.

[37] Proof Committee Hansard, p. 27.

[38] Proof Committee Hansard, p.1.

[39] Proof Committee Hansard, p. 1.

[40] ABC radio, Northern Territory, 30 September 2004.

[41] Proof Committee Hansard, p. 1.

[42] Australian Conservation Foundation, submission 125, p. 1.

[43] Proof Committee Hansard, p. 72.

[44] Proof Committee Hansard, p. 72.

[45] Proof Committee Hansard, p. 32.

[46] Senate Scrutiny of Bills Committee report, Alert Digest Number 13, 9 November 2005, p. 19.

[47] Senate Scrutiny of Bills Committee report, Alert Digest Number 13, 9 November 2005, p. 20.

[48] Submission 69.

[49] Proof Committee Hansard, p. 5.

[50] Submission 127, p.3

[51] Proof Committee Hansard, p. 4.

[52] Submission 123.

[53] Proof Committee Hansard, p. 40.

[54] Proof Committee Hansard, p. 12.

[55] Submission 39.

[56] Submission 144, p. 3.

[57] Submission 144, p. 6.

[58] Submission 231.

[59] A Radioactive Waste Repository for Australia: Methods for Choosing the Right Site, p. 5.

[60] Proof Committee Hansard, p. 3.

[61] ibid., p. 13.

[62] Proof Committee Hansard, p. 3.

[63] From Australian Conservation Foundation, submission 125, p. 6.

[64] Nigel Scullion/David Tollner media release, 13 October 2005.

[65] Submission 210, p. 11.

[66] House of Representatives Hansard, 2 November 2005, p. 34.

[67] IAEA, Socio-economic and other non-radiological impacts of the near surface disposal of radioactive waste, IAEA technical document, September 2002. Quoted from Australian Conservation Foundation, submission 125, p. 8.

[68] From DEST website: http://www.radioactivewaste.gov.au/australia_and_radiation/amounts_of_radioactive_waste_in_australia.htm

[69] From DEST website:

http://www.radioactivewaste.gov.au/australia_and_radiation/amounts_of_radioactive_waste_in_australia.htm