Antinuclear

Nuclear spin intensifies in lead-up to Obama’s Australian visit

the PR teams of the nuclear industry have been hard at work trying to make the idea of a nuclear future more palatable. The same sorts of spin doctors that once sang the praises of asbestos and denied any link between smoking and cancer

En Passant » Nuclear power is no environmental alternative, by Andrew Cheeseman, Socialist Alternative online, 09 March 2010

Once more, the Rudd government is talking up a nuclear future. There are plans for a new nuclear waste dump and it’s quite likely that this month’s meeting between US President Barack Obama and the Australian parliament will see further discussions of so-called “uranium leasing”. [ The Global Nuclear Energy Partnership] Uranium leasing sees uranium exported from Australia to be used in reactors in countries like America, with the toxic waste then returned to Australia where it is dumped…..
the PR teams of the nuclear industry have been hard at work trying to make the idea of a nuclear future more palatable. The same sorts of spin doctors that once sang the praises of asbestos and denied any link between smoking and cancer are now out to tell us that nuclear power is the solution to global warming, that it no longer has any links to nuclear weapons, and given a chance, they’ll probably also tell you that it will cure cancer, end poverty and do your laundry…..

Firstly, it is critical to recognise that uranium mining in Australia takes place on stolen Aboriginal land. Mining of uranium desecrates sacred sites, destroys pristine wilderness areas and forces the relocation of entire communities that live near mine sites. Much of it even takes place in the Kakadu National Park!…
Even where Aboriginal communities have given consent to uranium mining, it’s been because of coercion – communities have been required to allow uranium mines in order to fund basic services such as sanitation and hospitals.

Secondly, it’s important to cut through all of the myths that now surround the industry. The main lies told by defenders of the nuclear industry are that it is a “green” energy source, that nuclear waste can be safely disposed of, that nuclear power is safe, and that nuclear power makes economic sense. These are all lies. There is nothing green or safe about the nuclear industry.

En Passant » Nuclear power is no environmental alternative

March 13, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, spinbuster, uranium | aboriginal, antinuclear, Australia, nuclear, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, uranium