NUCLEAR WASTE DUMP SHORT LIST
SALLYS FLAT (NSW) - 64.4 kilometres from Bathurst
HALE (NT) - 140 kilometres from Alice Springs.
CORTLINYE (SA) - 160 kilometres west of Whyalla.
PINKAWILLINIE (SA) - 187 kilometres west of Whyalla
BARNDIOOTA (SA) - 40 kilometres north of Port Augusta
OMAN AMA (Qld) - 92.5 kilometres from Stanthorpe
TIME LINE
* 120 days of community consultation
* Short list to be narrowed to two or three
* Federal government to name preferred site by end of 2016
* Site to be operational by 2020.
(SOURCE: Resources Minister Josh Frydenberg press release)
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