‘Stringent’ safety standards for uranium-mining sadly still fantasy
Claims in the Kalgoorlie Miner today by uranium proponents that ‘stringent’ health and safety measures will apply to proposed uranium mines in Western Australia's Goldfields are alarmingly without basis, Green Senator for WA Scott Ludlam says.
“Since the 2003 cross-party Senate Inquiry that found a “pattern of underperformance and non-compliance” with environmental regulations at Australia’s existing uranium mines, there has been no indication that standards have improved,” Senator Ludlam said.