Sign on an access track near the Beverley mine.
Beverley Hills ? Sorry, don't quite think so.
Infrastructure left out in the open :
centre - white fridges contain core samples of the uranium orebody;
right - core samples left open to the weather;
far right (background) - diesel storage tank.
The North Flinders Ranges/Gammon Ranges National Park forms the background.
Core samples from borehole drilling left open to the weather.
Fridges containing drillhole core samples of the uranium orebody. Note the ease of access and lack of security concerning their protection.
The diesel storage tank - notice the evidence of a possible leak at the front, and it's close proximity to the edge of the liner system, possibly even reaching outside the liner.
Foreground : A monitoring bore uncovered and open for rainwater to enter the borehole and thus interfere with accurate groundwater monitoring.
Background : The disposal well array where it is intended to inject the excess radioactive water from the FLT back into the Beverley aquifer. This water will be at least 10 to 100 times higher in uranium, as well as other radionuclides and toxic heavy metals like arsenic, selenium and lead. The fact that the water is much more acidic than the natural groundwater will possibly lead to the mobilisation of further radionuclides and heavy metals, thereby increasing the toxicity of the groundwater and polluting it.
Presumably the electric power generator.
The camp bore that taps the Great Artesian Basin for potable water supply. Note that the pond is unlined.
The fact birds are drinking from this small pond shows the difficulty in guaranteeing the prevention of birdlife using the toxic FLT detention pond for a source of water also.
Topsoil dump for the project.
The campsite for Beverley Project employees.
All photos taken on December 14, 1997.
Page last updated February 1, 1998.
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