The Kimba nuclear waste plan bites the dust. Here's what went wrong and how to do better next time
- Written by Ian Lowe, Emeritus Professor, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University
The federal government has scrapped plans to build the nation’s first radioactive waste storage facility on farmland near Kimba in South Australia. Frankly, it was never going to work. The plan was doomed from the start.
That’s because the “decide and defend” model, where a government decides to put radioactive waste...
