A Ship carrying around 25 tonnes of
radio-active waste has reached Australia. However this Ship got lots of
rage and activists are protesting to step back. They don't want the
country to be a nuclear dumping ground.
Most
protesters were seen near the entrance to Port Kembla south of Sydney
carrying sign boards such as 'Don't Waste Australia' and so on. The
activists and environmentalists raised concerns about the safety of the
ship and this has left the northern French port of Cherbourg.
The
French lawmaker described it as a 'Dustbin ship'. Emma Gibson who is
Greenpeace campaigner said, "We don't want our country to be a nuclear
waste one. This is not the kind of ship you would want to see
transporting nuclear waste." Australia earlier sent Nuclear fuel to
France during 90's period. And now it is just being returned as a long
term storage.
The Australian Government
has said this nuclear waste dump site would only be used to store
Australia's radioactive waste but the protesters said now other
countries are also coming forward to use Australia as dumping ground.