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Napandee identified to host the National Radioactive Waste Management Facility

The decision follows a consultation and technical assessment process spanning more than four years.
A brown paddock under blue sky.

Napandee is a property near Kimba in the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia.

Napandee in Kimba, South Australia has been identified to host the National Radioactive Waste Management Facility. The decision follows a consultation and technical assessment process spanning more than four years.

The government committed to delivering the facility on a site volunteered by the owner, alongside a community that shows broad community support for hosting it. They considered two other South Australian sites, Wallerberdina Station­­, near Hawker in the Flinders Ranges, and Lyndhurst, near Kimba.

Read the statement by the Minister for Resources and Northern Australia, Matthew Canavan.

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