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.
The last date of submission is February 05, 2018. In 2017-18 the National Radioactive Waste Management Facility Community Benefit Programme (the programme) will provide up to $2 million per community, totaling $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 amount 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.
To be eligible applicants must have an Australian Business Number (ABN) and be one of the following: a company incorporated in Australia, a corporate trustee on behalf of a trust, a not for profit organisation, including community groups with voting and/or financial membership of at least five individuals, an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander organisation, council or incorporated association, the Outback Communities Authority, the Flinders Ranges Council (for the Barndioota region), the District Council of Kimba (for the Kimba region).
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.