Antinuclear

Pro nuclear hype in Australia

Lots of hype going on in Australia, as the nuclear advertising group winds up its con conference in Sydney.

Some South Australians are  particularly keen to “embrace nuclear power”.    Today’s Telegraph reports on South Australia’s London-based agent general Bill Muirhead enthusing over his vision of South Australia as a world hub for nuclear power and nuclear waste dumping..   Defence Teaming Centre chief executive officer Chris Burns  predicted the state could become the “future Dubai of the world” if it went nuclear.

South Australia is  a wonderful and beautiful State  in its history and environment,    But it has been an unlucky state, having arguably the world’s most radioactively contaminated area foisted upon it by the British government and spineless Australian governments.

South Australia has been viewed as a backward State, economically.

What an irony – as the world turns away from nuclear power –  if South Australia were to get even more backward, lumber itself with an out-dated, uneconomic and dangerous nuclear industry!       Fortunately, South Australia is in fact well ahead on wind energy, and this is looking far more likely to make South Australia a 21st Century energy leader.

But there’s New South Wales, too, where THE AUSTRALIAN today reports that the University of New South Wales is to re-open its nuclear engineering course. Not that they really expect Australia to develop nuclear energy. But Professor Davies said that UNSW graduates could go overseas.    Now that’s not such  a bad idea.

As the nuclear industry dies, its radioactive trash remains, and there will be plenty of work for nuclear experts in dealing with that nuclear industry.

July 27, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina reviews