YEELIRRIE | YEELIRRIE GALLERY | WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Uranium stockpile at Yeelirrie

WMC have left 35,000 tonnes of raw uranium ore lying exposed to the open air at Yeelirrie. The ore is very radioactive (more than 50 times normal background at one place, overall averaging around 20 times background). There are four stockpiles like this at the site, subject to continual erosion by wind and water.