CANBERRA (Dow Jones)--Nuclear power stations will be banned in...

CANBERRA (Dow Jones)--Nuclear power stations will be banned in Western Australia state
under legislation to be introduced when parliament resumes sitting in June, Premier Alan
Carpenter said Tuesday.
The legislation will prohibit the construction or operation of a nuclear facility,
prohibit the transportation of certain material to a nuclear facility site and prohibit
the connecting of nuclear generation plants to an electricity transmission or
distribution system, he said.
Carpenter said the federal government is pushing for nuclear power and wants to
override states on the development of nuclear reactors, but his state remains opposed to
uranium mining and nuclear energy.
"I will do all I can to ensure W.A. remains free of nuclear power
facilities," he said in a statement.
The new legislation will include a referendum trigger if the federal government tries
to override the new law, he said.