National Radioactive Waste Management Facility Community Benefit Programme

Overview

The Australian Government is seeking to identify a site for a National Radioactive Waste Management Facility through a voluntary nomination process. This facility will permanently dispose of Australia’s low level radioactive waste and temporarily house intermediate level radioactive waste. In 2017-18 the National Radioactive Waste Management Facility Community Benefit Programme (the programme) will provide up to $2 million per community (totalling $4 million). A total of $2 million is available to each community for 2017-18. The minimum grant amount per application is $5,000. The maximum grant amound per application is $1 million. The grant amount will be up to 100 per cent of eligible project costs. The project must be completed within 2 years and cannot extend past 30 June 2020. Grants will be provided to successful applicants who are undertaking projects that will provide a social and/or economic benefit to local communities in and around Barndioota and Kimba in South Australia. The programme supports the Australian Government’s commitment to assist local communities while the site selection and establishment phases are underway.