The farcical drama surrounding radioactive waste headed to Kemps Creek has taken another twist, with newly released documents revealing the waste needs to be monitored for the next 300 years.
The government’s report into moving the waste reveals: “Long term management and monitoring (and associated funding) arrangements would need to be implemented at the disposal site for at least 300 years.”
“This report confirms Barry O’Farrell has broken his promise to the people of Western Sydney and is dumping radioactive waste from the North Shore in their backyard,” Opposition Leader John Robertson said.
“The Premier’s own experts confirm the government will need to provide funding to monitor the radioactive waste for the next 300 years at Kemps Creek.
“This decision says it all about Barry O’Farrell’s real attitude to western Sydney.”
Shadow Environment Minister, Luke Foley said the report showed the government had found ‘radioactive hot spots’ in the waste, but twisted the data to avoid classifying it as such.
“The O’Farrell Government has manipulated the data that shows the waste is radioactive – so it can be sent to Kemps Creek,” Mr Foley said.
