Review – Gareth Evans – weak sop, and so on
Well, well, Gareth Evans, ? champion of nuclear disarmament has now come out in favour of Australia taking in everybody else’s dirty washing – i.e. nuclear wastes. I always though he was a weak sop, anyway.
Australia’s Paladin uranium company hopes nobody is noticing that it mucks up Malawi’s drinking water, and that it attacks the Malawi Catholic Commission for Peace and Justice – (bet it wouldn’t dare have a go at Australia’s)
BHP is lying low – hoping we’ll all forget about the predicted dust storms, as we have apparently forgotten about Maralinga. Russia plans to join forces with Cameco, in Australia uranium mining.
The nuclear industry is quietly worrying about the falling uranium price, and dimming prospects for commercial nuclear power – hence the increased nuclear hype. Marshall islanders fear sea level rise, to add to their radiation-induced problems.
Some really interesting ideas coming on in how energy efficiency, and smart grids, combining with renewables have great potential for Australia’s energy future. That’s some of the week that has been………….
Maralinga’s radioactive fallout 1963 and ? 2009
Maralinga radioactive fallout buried in shallow trenches
Dr. Dick van Steenis MBBS Wales UK Tel -44 1686 670688 I refer to the dust storm from central Australia that covered much of NSW & Queensland
There will have been large deposits
of radioactive plutonium, caesium, iodine& strontium on the sand and in
shallow trenches from the pathetic handling some 9 years ago of fallout from
the Maralinga tests in northern South Australia/ NT.
Also the areas around
Alice Springs had 50000 times rise in radioactivity fron fallout from the
Montebello tests. These all have long half lives. I guess much of that nasty
dangerous stuff ended up in your dust cloud in the past few days. Has
anyone tested the dust for radioactivity? I contributed to a story in the
Australian BULLETIN of 1 September 2004 and was in medical school in
Adelaide during the Maralinga tests.
Radioactive problems remain in Hunters Hill
Radioactive homes need rules Science Alert 05 October 2009
There are serious gaps in how Australia deals with the problem of radiation contamination of suburban homes, a leading lawyer told the CleanUp 09 conference in Adelaide on 30 September. Continue reading
Decentralised smart power for regional Australia
Smart power works best when used by bright sparks The Age JOHN MARTIN October 6, 2009 “…………An intelligent grid will also accept power from different and decentralised sources, not just the huge, centralised, coal-burning, power plants in places such as the Latrobe Valley. Continue reading
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of the week – Disrupting War & Militarism in Oceania. Active solidarity. Radical practice.
Antinuclear 