Australia Govt Announces Planned Site of Nuclear Waste Facility in South Australia

Empty nuclear waste shipping containers sit in front of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M., on March 6, 2014. AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan

The federal government has announced plans to build a nuclear waste facility near the rural South Australian town of Kimba.

The Morrison government has acquired 211 hectares at Napanee, 24km west of Kimba, for the facility but the plans are subject to heritage, design and technical studies.