Antinuclear

Nuclear power’s dangers threaten Australia, too

Nuclear issues are not a foreign matter: Ludlam, SMH, Aleisha Orr, March 12, 2012   WA Senator Scott Ludlam has warned that Western Australia is not immune to the tragedies of nuclear power. The Greens senator made his statement yesterday as the first anniversary of the Fukushima power plant disaster in Japan was commemorated.

He said with uranium mines being set up in the state, WA could contribute to such a disaster as the one in Japan in the future.  “Australian uranium was in all four of the reactors in Fukushima that melted down,” he said.

“There are proposals to send uranium to India, Russia and China, where the technical capabilities are not as high as they were in Japan and we have grave fears about this.” Senator Ludlam said mining was not the only West Australian connection
to nuclear power. “We still get regular visits by nuclear armed warships,” he said. Senator Ludlam said ships with nuclear weapons on board also visited Fremantle on a semi-regular basis….”They are routinely risking the people in WA, especially those in coastal suburbs to nuclear energy.”

The senator yesterday launched a booklet detailing what he called the tragic history of nuclear power.
The booklet that Senator Ludlam launched yesterday, Let The Facts Speak, is the fourth edition of the publication first produced in 1990 to raise awareness about the dangers of nuclear power. “After every disaster, the nuclear industry and its allies in
government rally their forces to defend the indefensible,” he said. “Shallow excuses are offered up to deny the undeniable: nuclear power is not clean, it is not cheap and it is not safe.”  http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/nuclear-issues-are-not-a-foreign-matter-ludlam-20120311-1usei.html#ixzz1ow8SDpQi

March 12, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | General News