No Place for Nuclear Waste - Web Video

Greenpeace Australia activists witness the arrival of a ship transporting nuclear waste to Australia. The ship, the BBC Shanghai, has been banned from carrying cargo by US authorities because of it's appalling safety record, and yet it has been selected to carry high level nuclear waste from Europe to Australia.

Unique identifier: GP0STPH4B

Type: Video

Shoot date: 07/12/2015

Locations: Australia, Oceania

Credit line: © Greenpeace

Duration: 3m22s

Audio format: Final Mix

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Shipment of Nuclear Waste Returns to Australia (Video)

Greenpeace activists bear witness to a shipment of nuclear waste as it returns to Australia. The nuclear waste was generated by the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) and sent to France in 2001 to be reprocessed. The nuclear waste has been classified as high-level waste by French authorities, contradicting Australia’s claims over its radioactivity, and it is carried by the BBC Shanghai, a vessel with a very poor safety record. A Greenpeace investigation found the waste still contains quantities of plutonium – highly toxic even in small quantities – despite reprocessing by French state-owned nuclear company, Areva.
The nuclear waste is unloaded off the BBC Shanghai at Port Kembla in southern Sydney and is then transported to Lucas Heights by road for interim storage.

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