Past siting process for a national radioactive waste management facility

Find out how we assessed and shortlisted sites including Napandee in South Australia.

About the process

The Commonwealth Government led a 7 year siting process following the National Radioactive Waste Management Act 2012 (external link).

We intended the facility to: 

  • permanently dispose of low level radioactive waste 
  • temporarily store intermediate level radioactive waste.

The site selection process included:

  • voluntary nomination
  • public and community consultation
  • technical assessments.

Napandee site timeline

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