Earthquake-proof steel cask carrying 2t of radioactive waste to arrive in Sydney next year

Nuclear waste has been reprocessed in the UK and will be stored at Lucas Heights until Napandee facility is ready

A monolithic steel cask designed to withstand an earthquake and a jet strike will arrive in Sydney next year, carrying two tonnes of radioactive waste.

For security reasons authorities won’t say when the hulking capsule – containing four 500kg canisters of “intermediate-level material” – will arrive from the UK.

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Source: The Guardian