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Andrew Brown

Nuclear waste from AUKUS nations could be on cards

An inquiry looked at how nuclear safety would be carried out as part of the AUKUS submarine deal. (Aaron Bunch/AAP PHOTOS)

Nuclear safety laws should allow for Australia to accept low-level waste from the UK and US as part of the AUKUS submarine deal, a Senate committee has found.

An inquiry looking at how nuclear safety would be carried out as part of the $368 billion submarine deal found that while Australia should not accept high-level nuclear waste, low-level waste from the submarine programs of AUKUS nations would be accepted.

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