urg::: Concerns raised over uranium transport licence

[Justin Tutty]

ABC NT Local News,
Saturday 24 September 2005

The Northern Territory Environment Centre says not enough scrutiny has 
been given to the approval of transporting yellow cake uranium on the 
Adelaide to Darwin railway line.

After a three-month trail, WMC Resources has been given a one-year 
licence to transport the material from South Australia to the port of 
Darwin.

The centre's Peter Robertson says the worrying scenario is the expansion 
plans WMC has for some its projects.

"The Olympic dam uranium mine in South Australia is on track to expand 
by a major amount and that will mean there'll be more and more yellow 
cake being put on the train and ending up at Darwin Harbour, so that's 
an issue of great concern to us," he said.