The AUKUS subs and the nuclear waste we’ve never stored

16/04/2023 28 min
The AUKUS subs and the nuclear waste we’ve never stored

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Episode Synopsis


The storage of radioactive waste has proved incredibly difficult. None of the high-level waste produced in more than half a century of nuclear power (including submarines) has yet been successfully permanently stored. Last month, Australia signed off on a security pact with the US and the UK – known as AUKUS – which gives Australia nuclear-powered submarines and, for the first time, we will have to manage high-level nuclear waste on Australian soil.