Antinuclear

Antinuclear cry from the heart of Australia’s heartland

As for the business of the Australian Federal Government paying off an indigenous group to dump radioactive material on their land (Muckaty Station near Tennant Creek  in the Northern Territory)…it’s such an appallingly low act…If nothing else, read your insurance policies.  Do they specifically rule out claims against personal or property damage that is nuclear-accident related?  Why?No insurance company or underwriters will touch it with a mile-long pole, because the potential cost of a nuclear disaster is unimaginably high….

Nuclear power stations and nuclear waste dumps in outback Australia,  Fiona Lake Australian Photographs, 24 march 11, Where should nuclear power stations and nuclear waste dumps be located, in Australia? In the heart of our largest city, Sydney. Oh but what if there is an accident? Well if there is any, any, chance of an accident – then we must not have a nuclear power station or nuclear waste dump in Australia at all.

Northern Australia is full of uranium, and under the ground is where it should stay. Exposure to too much radiation has devastating consequences and the problem lasts for many, many years.
It doesn’t matter where in Australia you are, there are people, animals, birds, plants and other organisms that would be adversely affected by nuclear radiation.   And the remoter the area, the less affected by human settlement it is, so it is all the more worth protecting from pollution of any kind.

The argument from capital city residents has been that nuclear industry should be located in remote areas, ‘where no-one lives’.  As if it doesn’t matter that a pristine environment and remote area residents are put at risk……..
As for the business of the Australian Federal Government paying off an indigenous group to dump radioactive material on their land (Muckaty Station near Tennant Creek  in the Northern Territory)…it’s such an appallingly low act it’s not even worth commenting on, other than to say:  if the radioactive waste is of such a low level that it poses little risk, then keep it at Lucas Heights (Sydney).  Or keep it near Rushcutters Bay, or Kirribili or Toorak.  Don’t want it there?  Remote area residents don’t want it on their back doorstep either……
If nothing else, read your insurance policies.  Do they specifically rule out claims against personal or property damage that is nuclear-accident related?  Why?No insurance company or underwriters will touch it with a mile-long pole, because the potential cost of a nuclear disaster is unimaginably high….

Nuclear power stations and nuclear waste dumps in outback Australia | Fiona Lake Australian Photographs

March 24, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | environment, Northern Territory