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Energy Resources of Australia Limited says it has lodged an application to renew the lease in Australia's Northern Territory but says it has no plans to develop the high-grade uranium deposit. The deposit's Mirarr Traditional Owners have said they oppose both the renewal and development of the lease, which is surrounded by the World Heritage-listed Kakadu National Park.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 22 March 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/ERA-applies-to-renew-Jabiluka-lease
Energy Resources of Australia (ERA) has announced that its chairman and two independent non-executive directors are to step down. The announcement came after majority owner Rio Tinto questioned the content of a newly released valuation report to address material cost and schedule overruns on the rehabilitation of the Ranger project.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 05 October 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Ranger-valuation-report-prompts-ERA-board-changes
Energy Resources of Australia (ERA) – a subsidiary of mining giant Rio Tinto – shut down production at its Ranger uranium mine in January last year after 40 years of operation.
It has since been working to return the mine site to its original state, but the cleanup effort has become increasingly expensive and drawn out. In February ERA said the rehabilitation could cost up to AUD1.2bn (€816m $824m) more than expected and take two years longer than initially planned.
The rehabilitation was originally estimated at AUD973m, but in a statement to the Australian stock exchange in February, ERA revised costs to be approximately between AUD1.6bn and AUD2.2bn.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Saturday, 10 September 2022
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/legislation-will-grant-more-time-for-rehabilitation-of-ranger-mine-9-5-2022
Australia’s federal government announced that it has formally selected Napandee, a 211 hectare property near the town of Kimba on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula as the site for a long-planned radioactive waste storage facility. The site has been acquired by the government and will be used to store low and medium-level nuclear waste.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 03 December 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsaustralia-selects-waste-disposal-site-9293558
The 211-hectare Napandee property has been acquired by the government and will be used to store low- and medium-level nuclear waste.
The property was already selected by the government, but it had to allow an additional 60 days of consultation before it could formally declare the site.
“This is still the right decision at the right site,” resources mMinister Keith Pitt said. “It’s certainly got all of the right geological requirements, we have majority support from the local community and we should never forget that this has taken 40 years and I understand some 16 ministers,” he said.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Wednesday, 01 December 2021
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/government-confirms-napandee-as-site-for-waste-management-facility-11-2-2021
Australia’s Federal Minister for Resources and Water, Keith Pitt, on 11 August announced his intention to make a declaration under the National Radioactive Waste Act 2012 confirming part of the land at Napandee near Kimba in South Australia, as the preferred site for the National Radioactive Waste Management Facility (NRWMF). Public comment is invited until 22 October. Following the consultation period, the Minister will consider relevant comments and may then declare Napandee as the site for the facility after which the Government would take steps to acquire the site.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 13 August 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsaustralian-government-names-preferred-site-for-waste-facility-8991297