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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 6 Hansard (25 May) . . Page.. 1954 ..
Ms Tucker asked the Minister for Urban Services, upon notice:
1. How much radioactive waste is disposed at each of the landfills per month;
2. What would be the total amount of radioactive waste disposed at each of the landfills;
3. What is the nature of the radioactive waste and where does it originate;
4. What are the legal provisions which govern the disposal of radioactive waste at the landfills;
5. How is the radioactive waste delivered to the landfills;
6. What procedures have been adopted regarding the disposal of the radioactive waste to protect the environment and to minimise the health hazards to workers and to users of the landfills;
7. What monitoring is undertaken of radioactive waste disposal at the landfills to ensure that procedures are followed correctly;
8. What monitoring is undertaken of radiation levels at the landfills;
9. What records are kept of where radioactive waste is buried at the landfills.
Mr
Smyth: The answer to Ms Tucker's question is as follows:
August 0 February 0.44
September 0 March 0.13
October 0.14 April 0.16
November 0.21 May 0.08
December 0 June 0.48
Total 1.82
2. Radioactive waste is not accepted at Mugga Lane landfill. The total amount of radioactive waste disposed of at West Belconnen varies from year to year. For the year 1998/99 the total tonnes accepted was 1.82 tonnes.
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