The Beyond Nuclear Initiative’s Natalie Wasley says a change to Labor policy could result in more pressure on the Territory to take the nation’s nuclear waste.
Shift in nuclear policy could ‘pressure’ NT – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), By Tom Nightingale Dec 2, 2010 A group campaigning against a proposed nuclear waste dump in the Northern Territory is planning to target Labor ahead of possible changes to its nuclear policy. Continue reading →
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The Olympic Dam expansion Environmental Impact Statement estimates 68 million tonnes of tailings waste from production of 19,000 tonnes of uranium.
The [proposed for Australia 50 nuclear] reactors would directly produce 75,000 tonnes of high level nuclear waste and 750,000 cubic metres of low level and intermediate level waste.
There’s No Nuclear Power Without Waste, newmatilda.com,By Jim Green and Natalie Wasley, 3 Dec 10, As Martin Ferguson backs reopening the debate on nuclear power in the ALP, Natalie Wasley and Jim Green look at how resources minister deals with the radioactive waste we’ve already got. Continue reading →
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The connections between nuclear power and weapons are well documented and even have a precedent in Australia.
North Korea Steps Up Aggression, Sydney Morning Herald James Norman/Jim Green
December 1, 2010, “………What proponents of nuclear power often fail to understand is the frequent connection between nuclear power programs and weapons programs. North Korea provides one of the most pressing examples of this. Continue reading →
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WikiLeaks cables: The Middle East fallout could be grave | Alan Dershowitz | The Guardian, 3 Dec 10, “……The disclosure that virtually every Arab country, including Egypt and Saudi Arabia, would favour a military attack, as a last resort, to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons could have a discernible effect on the policies of several countries. Israel, of course, has long insisted that the military option be kept on the table.
The disclosure that North Korea has delivered missiles to Iran may well frighten European countries into considering the option of military action, if sanctions don’t work……..WikiLeaks cables: The Middle East fallout could be grave | Alan Dershowitz | Comment is free | The Guardian
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BHP Billiton had been asked to further investigate issues of waste, air quality, radiation and desalination.
Wait too long for BHP environment response: Greens ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), 3 Dec 10, BHP Billiton has given supplementary Environmental Impact Statements to SA Government The Greens say the public should not have to wait eight weeks to read BHP Billiton’s response to environmental concerns about its planned expansion of mining at Olympic Dam in outback South Australia. Continue reading →
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Acting Premier Paul Holloway said “It is top priority as far as the Government is concerned.”
Olympic Dam expansion our ‘highest priority’ | Adelaide Now, Christopher Russell, 3 Dec 10, TECHNICAL experts will spend the next eight weeks scrutinising more than 15,000 pages of data which address public and government concerns about the expansion of Olympic Dam. Continue reading →
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WikiLeaks releases embassy cables showing nuclear build-up threat in Middle East, Beyond Nuclear, 3 Dec 10, The latest major release of classified U.S. diplomatic cables by thewhistleblower site, WikiLeaks underscores the argument we have been making; that the desire for nuclear power development in the Middle East is a covert strategy to develop – or to appear capable of developing – nuclear weapons. Continue reading →
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the cost of nuclear energy was rising because the industry was “not expanding”. Nuclear’s share of global power generation had fallen from 17 per cent in 2001 to 14 per cent last year
Study: Nuclear Power Will Be Pricier Than Renewables by 2020 The Energy Collective December 2, 2010 by Big Gav2 “…NUCLEAR energy will be more expensive than most forms of renewable energy by 2020 according to a paper by the University of NSW energy expert Mark Diesendorf. Continue reading →
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Development of photovoltaic and solar thermal power projects will cut emissions of carbon dioxide by about 570 million tons over the decade, the equivalent of shutting down 100 coal-fueled power plants or taking 110 million cars off the road,…
Global Solar Energy May Reach 980 Gigawatts by 2020 By Christopher Martin Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) — Global solar energy capacity may reach 980 gigawatts by 2020 as governments worldwide seek to reduce fossil fuel consumption and cut emissions of greenhouse gases, a group of renewable energy associations said. Continue reading →
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