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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
The total cost to rehabilitate the Ranger project area is likely to be between AUD1.6 billion and AUD2.2 billion (USD1.1 billion-1.6 billion), according to preliminary findings from a reforecasting exercise by Energy Resources of Australia (ERA). The work is now expected to be completed between late 2027 and late 2028.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 03 February 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/ERA-reforecasts-Ranger-rehabilitation-costs-and-sc
The Australian Federal Department of Environment and Energy has granted environmental approval for Cameco Australia's Yeelirrie uranium project in Western Australia. Any decision to advance the project will depend on market conditions, the company said.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 26 April 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Yeelirrie-uranium-project-receives-federal-approva
The Australian government said on 29 April that a site in South Australia has been shortlisted as a possible location for a national radioactive waste management facility. Barndioota, near Port Augusta, north of Adelaide, was selected after months of consultation which followed the release of six possible sites for the facility - three in South Australia, and one each in New South Wales, Queensland, and the Northern Territory. All were voluntarily nominated.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 04 May 2016
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newspreliminary-site-selected-for-australian-waste-facility-4883443
Australian government body the Northern Land Council has settled a lawsuit opposing a nuclear waste facility at Muckaty, Northern Territories.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 19 June 2014
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newslegal-challenge-to-australian-radwaste-repository-wins-site-search-back-to-square-one-4297625