Antinuclear

Why Rudd will put a radioactive waste dump in the Northern Territory

a few prominent white suits (living well away from the NT) could indeed see this as the beginning of a bonanza of taking in the rest of the world’sradioactive wastes.

Once again – it’s all simple politics. The Australian government is obligated to take back , within a year or so, radioactive wastes from UK – wastes that originated in Australia’s terrorist target – the Lucas Heights nuclear reactor.

There is no simple solution. Perhaps this relatively small nuclear waste dump could be situated at Lucas Heights, where it started, or perhaps it could join the existing radioactive waste at Woomera in South Australia.  Then Lucas Heights could be closed, and that would be the end of it.

No such simple story, however, and in fact, no story at all, as it’s all decided very quietly – let the Australian public sleep on!

But – it must be the Northern Territory  – they’re the only ones who cannot defy the federal government, – all the other States have the power to veto taking in nuclear wastes.

Anyway,a few aborigines could indeed see it as a good deal, getting a living standard equal to the rest of Australia perhaps –  though the rest of us didn’t need to have our land turned into a radioactive waste in order to get that standard.

More to the point, a few prominent white suits (living well away from the NT) could indeed see this as the beginning of a bonanza of taking in the rest of the world’s radioactive wastes.

February 19, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina reviews, Northern Territory, politics | aboriginal, antinuclear, Australia, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear wastes, radioactive