Polluted water leaking into Kakadu from uranium mine
THE Ranger uranium mine inside the World Heritage-listed Kakadu National Park is leaking 100,000 litres of contaminated water into the ground beneath the park every day, a Government appointed scientist has revealed.
Shock jock 'not sorry'
Mix 104.9 broadcaster Pete Davies called the Territory's two Senators - Labor veteran Trish Crossin and the CLP's Nigel Scullion - "gutless ****holes" for their attitude to the building of a nuclear waste dump in the Territory.
Govt urged to scrap nuclear dump legislation
Yesterday, the Government scuttled a bill in the Senate that would have overturned legislation that allows for a waste dump in the NT.
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ERA seeks to extract more uranium from Ranger mine
Mining company Energy Resources Australia has confirmed it wants to expand operations at the Ranger uranium mine in Kakadu National Park, despite recent concerns over contaminated water seeping into local aquifers.
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