Far from benign, Australia promotes nuclear weapons
ICAN, 1 April 2010, We Australians often like to think of ourselves as a peace-loving nation.
However, as long as we continue to supply uranium to nuclear weapon states around the world, the perception of Australia as being benign in global affairs is an illusion. Continue reading
The uranium mining industry makes it easier for terrorists
An IAEA database counts scores of thefts, losses and other incidents involving nuclear materials each year.
Uranium-mining nations flout UN on nuclear terror Norwalk News 03/31/2010 By CHARLES J. HANLEYAP NEW YORK (AP) — Years after a six-month deadline passed, dozens of nations, including uranium producers, remain potential weak links in the global defense against nuclear terrorism, ignoring a U.N. mandate on laws and controls to foil this ultimate threat. Continue reading
Muckaty’s Milwayi Traditional Owners speak out against claims for Nuclear Waste Dump
National Land Council excluding true Muckaty Owners who oppose the nuclear waste dump.30/3/2010, Yesterday the Northern Land Council (NLC) supported a large group of Muckaty Traditional Owners to visit the Lucas Heights nuclear reactor in Sydney and present at today’s Senate Inquiry in Canberra. Muckaty Traditional Owner Pamela Brown, from the Milwayi group, issued the following statement in response :
If the NLC and Amy Lauder are in Canberra, I want them to tell the government people where they really stand and tell them the whole truth, that Muckaty doesn’t belong to them. Continue reading
Uranium mining devastates indigenous communities
“It is critical for people in New York City, as well as nation- and world-wide, to understand how mining uranium, possibly destined for one of these six reactors, devastates indigenous communities throughout the Southwest.”
Resisting the Nuclear Boom: A new wave of uranium mining threatens Indigenous communities in the Southwest By Klee Benally and Jessica Lee April 2, 2010 Continue reading
Long term radioactivity, secrecy, problems on proposed Muckaty radioactive waste dump
Greens Senator Scott Ludlam has called for the release of all relevant documents held by the NLC on the proposed site at Muckaty Station.
Long term radiation from possible dump needs attention, ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) By Alex Johnson 31 March 2010,
The deputy chair of the Senate committee examining the proposed national nuclear waste dump near Tennant Creek says the management of long-term radiation needs more attention. Continue reading
Protestors at Senater Inquiry into National Radioactive Waste Management Bill 2010.
critics said Labor merely rebadged the coalition’s policy
Protesters ejected from Senate nuclear inquiryAAP * March 30, 2010 PROTESTERS have been ejected from a Senate inquiry hearing on a nuclear waste dump to be built in the heart of Australia.A Senate committee is examining the National Radioactive Waste Management Bill 2010.
With the bill, Labor kept an election promise to repeal coalition legislation to build a dump, and put in place a new process.But critics said Labor merely rebadged the coalition’s policy because finding a new site for the dump was too difficult, and they have attacked the consultation process……………
Mr Sweeney, who will give evidence at the hearing today, said security guards peacefully removed the protesters from the room.
The protesters were not associated with ACF.
The government is considering Muckaty Station, 120 kilometres north of Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory, for the dump site, after it was nominated by some of its traditional owners.
Protesters ejected from Senate nuclear inquiry | News.com.au
Obama soon to announce the USA’s Nuclear Posture Review
Nuclear Madness Month at the White House, The Atlantic, Mar 31 2010, Next week kicks off nuclear madness month at the White House — or, as one senior administration official resignedly describes it, “all nukes, all the time.” By mid-May, the world ought to know whether President Obama is really a deterrencer in a dove’s clothing. Continue reading
Western Australian Labor Party remains opposed to uranium mining
Labor remains opposed to uranium mining , ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) 29 March 2010, The Western Australian State Opposition insists it is united in its opposition to uranium mining.Labor’s spokeswoman for the environment Sally Talbot took part in an anti-uranium protest in Kalgoorlie over the weekend……..
Dr Talbot says the party is opposed to the emerging industry.
“Everybody’s entitled to their own opinions but the Labor Party has a policy that is absolutely crystal clear – we’re opposed to uranium mining.”
“In government we will not support uranium mining. If we had won the last election we would not be contemplating opening up uranium mines in Western Australia.”
Labor remains opposed to uranium mining – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Taxpayer’s uranium mining clean-up costs not factored in to nuclear’s ‘revival’ costs
While the nuclear power loan guarantees essentially subsidize new power plants, what has not been factored in are the hidden costs of “clean” nuclear power: the financial legacy of past mining and milling operations have reached into tens of billions of dollars in the West’s “National Sacrifice Areas.”
Hot Rocks: Hidden Cost and Foreign Ownership of “Clean” Nuclear Fuel Emerging,THE HUFFINGTON POST, D.A. Barber, 1 April 2010, “…..Unlike coal, which goes straight from the mine to the power plant, uranium goes through several steps to become fuel for “clean” nuclear power plants and then needs to be disposed of. Continue reading
Large wind farm for Western Australia
Vestas receives its largest single order in Australia Vestas Wind Turbines wins Australian contract for 111 turbines, each capable of generating nearly 2.0 megawatts, Energy Digital, By Ian Armitage | Apr 1, 2010 Vestas, a leading global maker of wind turbines, has won a contract to supply 111 turbines to west Australia, marking its biggest contract in the country. Continue reading
U.S. EPA warns on water risks with in situ uranium mining
a major hurdle for dozens of proposed in-situ uranium proposals in the region
Water concerns delay Wyoming uranium projects, 30 march 2010, The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has told the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to go back to the drawing board with its site-specific environmental reviews of three proposed in-situ uranium mines in Wyoming. Continue reading
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