Maralinga [electronic resource] : Australia's Nuclear Waste Cover-up
Alan Parkinson2016
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In April 2000, a $108 million clean-up of the former British A-bomb test site in
outback South Australia was being wound up. It was declared a success and the
Maralinga tjarutja Aboriginal people were reassured that it would be safe to
move back onto their lands. It was claimed to be a world first, the biggest and
most successful clean-up ever. But leaked documents show that behind the scenes,
the project had been increasingly troubled. Some key insiders, including the
government's advisers, say that the job was never finished properly. In the
process of the clean-up, Australia put large amounts of plutonium into several
unlined, unguarded holes in the ground, the toxic waste blowing across the land
in dusty clouds. the site is a devastating legacy to nuclear testing, not to
mention the Aboriginal people who have been told it is safe to live there. Alan
Parkinson was the official adviser to the project, but after he voiced his
concerns about the dangers of the shortcuts tha...
Main title:
Maralinga [electronic resource] : Australia's Nuclear Waste Cover-up / Alan Parkinson
Author:
Alan Parkinson, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : ABC Books, 2016
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (256 pages)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781460701713
Language:
English
BRN:
435856
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