Where is high-level waste going to go?
NELSON: Australia doesnt have high-level waste because we are currently not in the nuclear fuel cycle. QUESTION: But I notice you refer to the waste coming back from France and England as intermediate, I think most people call that high-level waste, very long lived? NELSON: Well, if people were calling that high-level waste, theyre ill informed because there are three kinds of waste. There is low-level waste, intermediate level waste and high-level waste. Australia does not have nor will be receiving high-level waste. The waste coming back from the United Kingdom is 261/2 cubic metres of intermediate level waste, which is in vitrified and solids and in concrete. We also have 61/2 cubic metres of waste which will also be returning from France and this waste, and indeed the waste from the de-commissioning of our current research reactor at Lucas Heights, comprises intermediate level waste. Australia does not have, nor will be storing, high-level waste. QUESTION: And how are you going to
