Cropping pond incident leading to dead birds around BLD 23.
Dear Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation,
Pursuant to The Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) I request all records relating to the cropping pond incident of 15 March 2002 in which a spent fuel element was cut incorrectly and dead opossums where found in the roof space of BLD 23 with dead birds found around this building.
Yours faithfully,
Mike Tremblay
Dear Mike,
I acknowledge receipt of your request under Freedom of Information Act
1982 (FOI Act) made on 19 February 2024 seeking the following:
All records relating to the cropping pond incident of 15 March 2002 in
which a spent fuel element was cut incorrectly and dead opossums were
found in the roof space of BLD 23 with dead birds found around this
building.
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Dear Freedom of Information Requests,
Thank you for your reply. In regards your questions, yes I consent to staff members names being redacted and do not request any emails that are duplicated, as long as associated sent or received emails associated with the duplicate email are provided.
Yours sincerely,
Mike Tremblay
Dear Mike,
Please find attached the decision and documents in PDF form.
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Dear Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation's handling of my FOI request 'Cropping pond incident leading to dead birds around BLD 23.'.
The subject of the redacted lines under exemption 33(a)(i), can only be expected contain similar contextual information to that immediately before and after. In this sense it is hard to see how this information could cause damage to the security of the Commonwealth.
I find it unlikely that other documents don’t exist, due to the points discussed in the 2 documents partially released.
No information has been provided about the dead opossums found in the roof of the building, or about the dead birds found around this building at the time of this incident and offsite.
Several pages are redacted under section 22, however given the length of time since this incident I find it unlikely that this information is to be published in the future. Given this it is likely that the public interest test would further promote release of the document.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/c...
Yours faithfully,
Mike Tremblay