Senate debates

Tuesday, 13 March 2012

Bills

National Radioactive Waste Management Bill 2010; In Committee

1:32 pm

Photo of Scott LudlamScott Ludlam (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Minister, in that spirit, can you describe for us what the Australian government is doing to phase out the use of reactor sourced isotopes, as is happening in Europe and Canada, and phase in alternative sources of medical isotope production that do not rely on reactors, such as particle accelerators? If we are all on board with this agenda of waste minimisation, what are you doing specifically?

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