25 Sept 2009

'Radioactive dust storm threat' if mine goes ahead

An Academy Award-nominated documentary maker claims the red dust dumped onto east coast cities yesterday is a reason to be concerned about BHP Billiton's proposal to turn South Australia's Olympic Dam uranium mine into an open-cut mine.

David Bradbury has made four documentaries on the nuclear issue and says figures in the company's environmental impact study suggest that 70 million tonnes of radioactive tailings will be dumped at the minesite each year.
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