Antinuclear

Review: a good week for skulduggery and secrecy

Review: Australia; it was a good week for skulduggery and secrecy, even not counting ANSTO’s opinion poll debacle

Defence Dept keeping quiet about planned “termporary” nuke waste dump at Woomera. Martin Ferguson’s secret deal with some NT aborigines over NT nuke waste dumping. BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam disrupted for months, keeping quiet over probable job losses. Greens asking awkward questions about radioactive spill at Lucas Heights. ERA keeping quiet about radioactive leaking at Ranger uranium mine.

Internationally: Obama being ambiguous about nuclear, as nuke lobbying continues over U.S.A’s Climate Bill. Chilean veterans suing govt over radiation harm. Iran being flighty over nuke deal offered to them. AREVA’s “flagship” nuclear reactors limp on expensively. IAEA trying to solve Chernobyl’s still radioactive cooling pond. Sellafield cleanup costing billions with no end in sight. – review of the week that was

October 27, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina reviews | aboriginal, antinuclear, Australia, BHP, BHP Billiton, nuclear, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, radioactive