Pangea have indicated two potential sites of interest. Neither one appeals much to the people who would have to live with the dump in their backyard. One, 100km east of Newman in the shire of East Pilbara, is close to a number of Aboriginal communities, among them Jigalong, Pangurr and Cotton Creek. This region is the traditional homeland of the Martu (Western Desert) people, and there are still significant numbers of people living in this area.

Pangea's other area of interest lies further south, in the Eastern Goldfields region not far from the Cosmo Newberry Aboriginal reserve. This is the home of the Bidjandjadjara people, who were very angry when Pangea flew a media crew onto their reserve without first seeking a permit.

That the nuclear industry has chosen Aboriginal lands to dump its toxic wastes will come as no surprise to those familiar with the industry's operations elsewhere in the world. On visiting these communities, we found there was a high level of awareness and opposition to the Pangea proposal.