Australia to receive UK nuclear waste shipment amid bitter dispute over national storage facility

Two-tonne load to be stored at Sydney’s Lucas Heights until national facility built in several years

Two tonnes of nuclear waste will be shipped from the United Kingdom to Australia next year as debate continues over a national storage facility.

The shipment of four 500kg canisters inside a forged steel container called a TN-81 is part of a waste swap deal with the UK.

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