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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/12864190

‘Poison portal’: US and UK could send nuclear waste to Australia under Aukus, inquiry told

Labor describes claims as ‘fear-mongering’ and says government would not accept waste from other nations

Archived version: https://archive.ph/OKW8S

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[-] Dippy@beehaw.org 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Feet. Or approximately 3 meters

[-] anathema_device@bne.social 2 points 7 months ago

@Dippy @sillinesslemon 10ft is more like 3 metres.

A football field is 300ft x 160ft. So using your estimate, that's 480,000 cubic feet, or 13,592 cubic metres of radioactive waste

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