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Fukushima nuclear plant a success, and Australia should take in nuclear wastes, says Miranda Devine

Australia’s nuclear lobby is in full marketing mode, as the Japanese nuclear crisis deepens, and the world rethinks nuclear power. Australia has a pack of nuclear spindoctors.  Hard to name them all.  But , (in my spin doctors picture below ) how could I have left out Miranda Devine – who is excelling them all in her nuclear marketing hype? – Christina Macpherson

Nuclear energy was set its toughest test on the northeast coast of Japan, and it passed….Australia, of all places, should be at the vanguard of atomic energy and research….Australia becoming the world’s primary nuclear storage facility, since we can cheaply and safely store nuclear waste

How nuclear passed its toughest test Miranda Devine  The Daily Telegraph  March 24, 2011 FUKUSHIMA is the world’s best advertisement for nuclear energy….. power plant workers – the “nuclear samurai” – are making “slow and steady progress” to bring the emergency under control.

Yesterday they managed to restore power to all six crippled reactors.The only fatalities at the plant have been by traditional means, such as falling debris, not from radiation.And, while not dismissing the gravity of contamination in the food chain, atomic energy authorities have pronounced it harmless to human health.
Nuclear energy was set its toughest test on the northeast coast of Japan, and it passed.

And the rebounding Nikkei on Tuesday shows that investors, initially spooked by nuclear hyperbole, have been reassured by the improving situation at Fukushima.

Of course just the words “nuclear” and “emergency” are enough to put the fear of God into anyone……..now we can see that the threat of Fukushima was overblown.

So how does any self-respecting green continue to oppose nuclear power in a country with 40 per cent of the world’s accessible uranium reserves?

Australia, of all places, should be at the vanguard of atomic energy and research.

In fact, there has been talk among engineers of Australia becoming the world’s primary nuclear storage facility, since we can cheaply and safely store nuclear waste underground thanks to our very stable geology and abundant remote potential storage areas.

The peace bonus is that we would ship out the uranium and ship the waste back in, and at the same time account for input and output to ensure that nothing is being diverted into nuclear weaponry. Thus Australia can do its duty as a good global citizen, and make some money along the way.

How nuclear passed its toughest test | thetelegraph.com.au

March 24, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, marketing for nuclear