Private company Tellus Holdings is set to proceed with an expansion of its Sandy Ridge hazardous waste facility in the Goldfields after securing a $240 million loan facility.
The owner of the nation's only storage facility for low-level radioactive waste has pitched to partner with the government, as the arrival of nuclear submarines at Rockingham draws closer.
Two energy plants built to convert municipal and commercial waste into electricity to power homes are on the cusp of being operational, following lengthy delays.
Low-level radioactive waste stored at Tellus Holdings' Sandy Ridge facility in the Goldfields will be processed to develop medical treatments under a new deal.
Sydney-based Tellus Holdings has been given the green light to operate what it says is Australia's first commercial hazardous waste repository, 240 kilometres north-west of Kalgoorlie.
