communities near Wiluna is very, very low," he said.

Dr Vogel says the uranium will be trucked in sealed containers to the South Australian border, past Kalgoorlie, and shipped out from Port Adelaide.

"We paid particular attention to that knowing that the community was particularly concerned about that," he said.

Greens Senator Scott Ludlam says the authority's decision suggests it has failed in its role.

"If creating a permanent carcinogenic hotspot in the north-east Goldfields that will still be carcinogenic thousands of years in the future, then something has gone wrong with the EPA," he said.

A satellite map showing Wiluna and Lake Way and Centipede where Toro plans to mine uranium. ( Toro Energy )

Dr Vogel says the Toro project will be subject to the most rigorous monitoring program possible, overseen bygranted final approval before the election, it will not stand in the way of its development.

"The Labor Party's decision is that if final approval has been given to a mine before the election then we would honour those final commitments," he said.

The mine is expected to generate 350 jobs during the construction phase and 170 once it is operational.

Mr Hall says he hopes Toro can make a final investment decision by the end of the year.

"We now will await the decision by the Western Australian Minister," he said.

"The recommendation is open for appeal for a two week period and the Minister will decide on a course of action beyond that."

Toro's application now needs to be approved by the state's Environment Minister Bill Marmion before being passed on to