MEDIA RELEASE BY HON. LES OHNSON,  M.H-.R. FOR HUGHES,  OPPOSITION WHIP

2 BOYLE STREET, SUTHERLAND. Phone: 5 21.6262____________ 26.2.1979.

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NO MARALINGA RADIOACTIVE WASTE FOR SUTHERLAND SHIRE;

Mr. Les Johnson,  M.H.R. for Hughes, has been given an unqualified

assurance that radioactive waste from Maralinga will not be

temporarily or permanently stored at the Atomic Energy Research

Establishment at Lucas. Heights.

Mr. Johnson said that he had been advised that the only option

under consideration for the radioactive material at Maralinga

was repatriation to the United Kingdom. .

"The cost to the Australian taxpayer of disposal is expected

to be of the order of $100,000", he said.

Mr. Johnson said that he was pleased that the Government had

no intention of using the facilities,at Lucas Heights as a more

clearing house or for permanent waste disposal. .

Mr. Johnson indicated that he would be seeking an equally

unqualified assurance from the Government that radioactive

material at Hunters hill will not be temporarily or permanently

stored at Lucas Heights.

