Recent nuclear news in Australia
The Northern Territory’s Labor Party lost the recent election, including several “safe” Labor seats. Just today, NT Labor’s conference unanimously passed a resolution opposing the Federal government’s Muckaty nuclear waste dump plan.
BHP is getting out of uranium mining altogether, shutting down its uranium section, due to the poor economic prospects for nuclear power. The mine at Olympic Dam will now focus on copper and base metals only. BHP is selling its Yeelirrie uranium project
Environmental Law. The Gillard government under great pressure from resource corporations, at the resecent COAG meeting, was all set to cave in, and relinquish its control over environmental protection – giving open slather to the States to permit projects. However, the government wavered, and now is delaying that decision (till after the Federal election?)
Toro Energy faces all sorts of obstacles in it Western Australian Wiluna uranium project, – not the least being the lousy market prospects for the product. They’re boasting about now having two women at the helm, with Dr Vanessa Guthrie as new CEO. A case of handing the poisoned chalice to a woman?
Coal Seam Gas, (CSG). Amid scary reports of runaway global warming, and a dismal Doha climate conference, – comes the news that Coal Seam Gas may well be an equally serious greenhouse gas emitter as coal – with its rapid release of methane affecting the atmosphere over a 20 year period
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