NUCLEAR FREEWAYS LAUNCH AT MARTIN FERGUSON’S OFFICE
This Friday July 30th marks the launch of Friends of the Earths Nuclear Freeways campaign. A delegation of Friends of the Earth members and Batman electorate residents will travel over 3,000ks on one of the proposed routes for the transport for Australia’s radioactive waste.
The group will meet with numerous councils, indigenous nations, community groups, and emergency services organisations on the transport route from Lucas Heights to Muckaty.
The Nuclear Freeways Campaign works to inform and support communities along potential transport routes between Australia’s main radioactive waste producer – the Lucas Heights nuclear reactor site in Sydney – and the proposed radioactive dump site at Muckaty in the Northern Territory.
Tony Abbott has religious faith in nuclear power for Australia
“I am not theologically opposed to nuclear power,””…”It’s in Australia’s interest to have nuclear power.”
Abbott backs nuclear power, Sydney Morning Herald, July 26, 2010 -Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says he supports nuclear power, Continue reading
Safety problems at AREVA’s new nuclear reactors
Changes to the initially proposed cladding design would affect the operating economics of the reactor and would present “a serious safety problem”
Safety Fears Raised at French Reactor, NYTimes.com, By PATRICIA BRETT: July 26, 2010, PARIS — Anti-nuclear activists are seeking to halt construction of France’s latest-generation nuclear power plant at Flamanville, on the Normandy coast, arguing that changes introduced to solve problems with the reactor’s fuel pellet cladding have invalidated the plant’s original building permit. Continue reading
Aboriginals take Muckaty protest to Martin Ferguson’s electorate
Elders from Muckaty on Monday travelled to the seat of Batman in Melbourne’s north, calling for the waste dump to be stopped………….
Nuclear dump opposed by elders, Sydney Morning Herald, EDWINA SCOTTJuly 26, 2010 Aboriginal landowners have protested in Resources Minister Martin Ferguson’s electorate to oppose the establishment of Australia’s first radioactive waste dump on their land. Continue reading
Legal action against Muckaty nuclear waste dump plan
Traditional owners take nuke dump fight to court , ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), 26 July 2010, A group of Indigenous landowners from the Northern Territory is taking Federal Court action in Melbourne against a proposed nuclear waste dump.The Federal Government wants to build the dump on land at Muckaty Station, north of Tennant Creek. But traditional owners say there has been a lack of community consultation. High-profile barrister Julian Burnside will represent the group in the case.Traditional owners take nuke dump fight to court – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Subsidise wind energy, not nuclear – UK Energy Secretary
U.K.’s Energy Secretary Huhne Favors Subsidy for Wind Energy Over Nuclear, Bloomberg, By Kitty Donaldson – Jul 25, 2010 Energy Secretary Chris Huhne favors harnessing both offshore and onshore wind power, saying the U.K. won’t subsidize a new generation of nuclear power stations……. Continue reading
National Gross Feed In Tariff- Greens’ call for Australia
The policy would work alongside a gross national feed-in tariff, giving renewable energy investors certainty; and would see an increased renewable energy target.
Australian Greens Renew Call For National Gross Feed In Tariff : Renewable Energy News, 26 July 2010, A plan developed by the Australian Greens to provide Australia with 100 per cent renewable energy by 2050 includes a renewed push for a gross, national feed in tariff for renewable energy. Continue reading
Airport scanning: why not use non radiation type?
Given that the two types of machines are both deemed effective by the T.S.A., why doesn’t the agency just abandon backscatters and use the millimeter wave machines, which don’t pose radiation issues?
Radiation Questions Over a Body Scanner – NYTimes.com. By JOE SHARKEY July 26, 2010“………Let’s just focus today on radiation, a concern with one kind of body scanner that is being installed at airports, the so-called backscatter machines. Continue reading
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