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Committee to probe need for new Sydney reactor



Tuesday 15 August, 2000 

Committee to probe need for new Sydney reactor
  
A Senate select committee is to inquire into the need for a new  
nuclear reactor at Lucas Heights near Sydney. 

The Senate has passed a motion from the Shadow Environment  Minister, 
Nick Bolkus, to set up a new inquiry, which will report  in early 
December. 

It will consider the need for a new reactor, the process that lead  
to the contract to build it being signed and the adequacy of fuel  
and waste management plans. 

The Resources Minister, Nick Minchin, says the tendering process  has 
been open and transparent, and it is a political stunt by Labor  and 
the Democrats. 

A spokesperson for Senator Bolkus says although previous inquiries  
have looked at Lucas Heights, they have not addressed the need for  a 
new reactor. 

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