NZ's secret radioactive waste facility

[@stephenaugust425]

A dirty government is not a government we need

[@JanjayTrollface]

Well, that's 15 minutes I'll not get back.

[@alicerose9140]

"put it somewhere else" is no solution

[@darkhoshinonz]

Well a lot of medical machines and tools use radioisotopes. The waste has to be stored somewhere. and EVERYONE will always say "somewhere else and not here".

[@stevemowat4294]

There used to be radioactive storage in the Bomb storage bays at Wigram airfield (Air force base) here in Christchurch back in the 80’s and earlier. That land was handed over to Ngai Tahu and is now developed as residential properties.

[@angeldark8812]

I'd like to know if radioactive waste material was being stored next door to me or within a certain radius and given a chance to have have a say of yea or nay!!!

[@Amsterdampardoc1]

It’s not dangerous

[@Lerie2010able]

I doubt there is any danger but the lack of consultation is worrying

[@Amsterdampardoc1]

I think they’d have a bunch of worried people who don’t understand the subject. Education is seriously lacking, Greenpeace has made radiation seem so much more dangerous than it actually is.

[@PieterVandervalk-s5n]

Putting it next to a military communications satellite dish makes it a target in times of war. Genius

[@Amsterdampardoc1]

No one gonna target us in a war. We aren’t that important.

[@eoinc9511]

You think that’s something, wait til you find about what Mossad does in Christchurch …….

[@lloydbeattie9370]

What do they do?

[@eoinc9511]

@ YT won’t allow any kind of discussion about it mate, you’ll have to do your own legwork sorry. I’ll give you a starting point though - The Christchurch earthquake and the multiple phone calls from Netanyahu - follow the trail and you’ll get there 👍

[@DELottProductions]

Moving the facility would cost millions, and it isn't even a risk anyway. People hear radiation and get so scared because they have no underlying understanding, with their fears stemming from Chernobyl, a disaster 40 years ago in a country which cut so many corners that you are left with a circle. The basics of atomic physics should be mandatory in school, right now it's only in LV2 Physics. NZ shouldn't have nuclear reactors due to our earthquake risk, but we need to get over this irrational phobia at the same time.

[@bentomlin8183]

Agree - if its what they say it is. But why not be transparent about that? Explain it to people. Without these storage facilities we cannot use these medical technologies. Being secretive about it just leaves everyone to assume that there is more than just low level radioactive waste. Everyone knows medical radioactive wastes are of little concern or they would not go to hospitals. So why the secrecy? Incompetence? Or something else is there?

[@FreedomSovereign]

RMA says affected party has to be notified and consultation process council and government own rules

[@crochetingaroundnewzealand]

My grandmother came to New Zealand from Ireland when she was 19 and was nanny to James Wilson's children. My mother wanted to meet one of the remaining children before she died but sadly became too weak.

[@mikevanblommestein5726]

It could have been built on Army land near Waiouru , nobody would be near it . We obviously need a facility due to residue from Cancer treatment stuff etc, it’s a fact of life

[@IeremiaAnae-rj4pj]

The Government

[@OleNesie]

Considering we are completely subservient to American security interests, it is highly possible that we use it for something 'national security' related

[@waynesmith2287]

Beat up story about nothing. Closest house is 100m away and there are only 8 houses with in 1 km. It is not on a main road. It is out in the country but close enough to get good access for deliveries NIMBY. I like that it is built on concrete and steel. Good idea as it can get very windy on that site!

[@Froggability]

I unwatched this to gain my 15 min back

[@laurilee2323]

This stuff used to be stored in the middle of Christchurch on Victoria Street. If people expect medical care that includes treatments and imaging that creates radioactive waste like X-rays, then it has to be stored somewhere. It’s pretty much nowhere compared to shaky post quake Central City Christchurch. That stuff has only been moved in the last year. I appreciate that transparency is a major issue. But to be fair, when she asked she was given all the answers. And to make a public thing about it before it went up would just invite kneejerk hostile complaints from the ignorant. Not to mention keeping this off the radar of idiots who think stealing this they could make something threatening out of it. I guess you put that on their radar now. Being on Defence land means this should be better protected. So take you pick of NZ Defence land and explore the possibilities, and maybe you would have come up with the same site, or maybe a different one. But there are NIMBYs everywhere.

[@morgan-5171]

Dump it in the ocean like they did in America.. Don't bring your rubbish here from Antarctica.

[@ALSutton]

Zero risk.

[@MoFoHardstyle]

Who gives a shit. It's gotta go somewhere.

[@lesleymcdougall6581]

Has a UAP in it 😉

[@elmtree1824]

Well, it’s not secret anymore…😂 low level, non fluid, spent material. Contained. The problem was the secrecy. And stop it with the low base tones in the report to make it all sound sinister please Herald.

[@morgan-5171]

Do you think they will need a place like this in Auckland for all the gang jackets they will be taking off people...

[@squirrel6777]

glow in the dark stuff surely; on the brink of another war we should not know about this

[@lloydbeattie9370]

Well that's interesting to watch while having my coffee break. Just mismanaged. Information really.

[@FreedomSovereign]

Put it the waiouru military camp

[@IeremiaAnae-rj4pj]

What the coronavirus

[@jeffyoung345]

Lame NZ Herald story...when are you going bankrupt?

[@faodail3913]

Big beef up about nothing.

[@heminuiraho8235]

Slipped a radiation storage facility in your backyard.

[@W_Bin]

Thanks for this story about the Government and Councils breaking our laws.

[@JO-bw5wx]

Everything is national security,we are more and more like America 😂😂😂😂. You can cover up everything and anything just use national security.

[@JRTIGER07]

Thought we were Nukular free 🤔 The Rainbow Warrior sank for Nothing then 🙋.

[@faodail3913]

What about all the medical procedures you expect, that involve low level radioactive things?

[@morgan-5171]

They should be worried about it now that the ram raidors no where it is.. 😜🤡🌏