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Nuclear Royal Commission: What’s Scarce in Kevin’s Report, Independent Australia
 17 February 2016,The Scarce Report recommends South Australia being storing the world’s nuclear waste, opening the door for nuclear power generation in Australia in the future,writes Noel Wauchope.

Kevin Scarce’s Report on the “tentative findings” of the South Australian Nuclear Fuel Chain (I mean Cycle) Royal Commission runs to 42 pages. Still, he manages to leave a few questions unanswered and, indeed, a few questions not even asked, as well as leaving a few grey areas to be brushed over in a suitably vague manner.

MONEY

The major recommendation of the Report is for South Australia to make billions by importing, managing, storing and disposing of nuclear waste.

Who pays up first?

An interesting question – and grey area – is exactly who would be responsible for paying for the building of the nuclear waste facilities; for the construction of the…