Geothermal power for Australia should not be ignored
A Clean Resource Too Large to be Ignored – Geothermal Power Gains Steam Triple Pundit By Andrew Burger | November 28th, “……..recent studies showing that the US, Canada, New Zealand and Australia – Western Australia in particular – have geothermal resources that dwarf their energy needs, and despite the fact that it’s a proven, time-tested, economic source of clean, reliable baseload power….
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Dear Christina,
Just to let you know… Geothermal energy results in quite nasty radioactive waste, actually…
If you need more, please let me know
Please see ARPANSA guide, here:
http://www.arpansa.gov.au/Publications/codes/rps15.cfm
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2.13 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY GENERATION
Geothermal energy generation is not currently used in Australia, but is being investigated. Using geothermal energy requires drilling deep holes (boreholes) and inserting pipes for pumping high-temperature fluids from
the ground. The rocks that contain these high-temperature fluids may also contain minerals, which tend to form a scale inside the pipes and production equipment. As the rocks are also likely to contain radionuclides, such as radium, the mineral scales, production sludges, and waste water could contain enhanced concentrations of NORM. There is limited information available on the potential radiological issues associated with this industry,
but it would seem reasonable to assume that any potential issues will be similar in principle to those encountered in the oil and gas extraction and processing industry (see Section 2.1).
Kind regards
nick
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