Planned radioactive facility a national security threat – BDF
source: Sunday Standard
by Reuben Pitse
26.07.2009 11:48:44 P
The planned National Radioactive Waste Storage facility in Pilikwe village is a threat to Botswana’s national security, and vulnerable to missile attacks from South Africa – the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) has warned.
In their submissions to the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) study of the Radioactive Waste Storage Facility, the BDF pointed out that the proposed project is near the South African border post and the site can be considered to be vulnerable.
According to the EIA study, copies of which have been passed to the Sunday Standard, the BDF raised questions such as: “Why is the facility on the surface rather than underground, which could be safer? Can the concrete walls being proposed be able to [continue reading]

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