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Two uranium mining projects in the state are closer to production, the 750 tonne U 3 O 8 Lake Maitland project, pursued by Mega Uranium, and the 680 tonne U 3 O 8 Centipede–Lake Way project undertaken by Toro Energy, located at Lake Way.
Queensland's ban on uranium mining was revoked in 2012, when Premier Campbell Newman back-flipped on a pre-election promise. [26] In March 2015 the Palaszczuk government announced that it would be reinstating the ban. [27] The New South Wales Government passed the Mining Legislation Amendment (Uranium Exploration) Act 2012 No 16 on 4 April 2012.
Map showing nuclear test sites in Australia. In 1952 the Australian Government established the Rum Jungle Uranium Mine 85 kilometres (53 mi) south of Darwin. Local Aboriginal communities were not consulted to the extent of a formal treaty or agreement about mining and the mine site became an emblem for environmental disaster, with a small area of disturbance easily repaired and remedied.
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The policy restricted uranium mining in Australia to three existing mines, Ranger, Nabarlek and Olympic Dam. [1] The policy was abandoned in 1996, after the 1996 federal election replaced the Labor Party with John Howard's Coalition in power. [3] The new policy was to develop the country's uranium mining industry and uranium exports. [1]
A second legal challenge to the award of a $45 billion contract for environmental cleanup work at the Hanford nuclear site in Eastern Washington has been denied.. U.S. Judge Marian Blank Horn ...
Sometime between 10 and 16 January 2023, a radioactive capsule containing caesium-137 was lost from a truck in Western Australia. The capsule was being transported 1,400 kilometres (870 mi) from Rio Tinto 's Gudai-Darri iron ore mine near Newman to a depot in the Perth suburb of Malaga .
Time and again, a mining company promised to clean up uranium waste in New Mexico. Now it wants to buy out residents and avoid full cleanup. Their town was polluted with radioactive waste.