Antinuclear

Australian nuclear news this week

Well, in the election fever, I thought that there was no nuclear news.  However,  I’ve learned that there has been a series of radio broadcasts – Radio Adelaide – covering the push for  the full nuclear cycle in South Australia.  And it’s worse than I had thought.  I have listened to only the latest of these broadcasts, but it really did wake me up as to what is being proposes for South Australia.

I had thought that it was motivated by money – the idea of somehow making money out of nuclear power. Well, of course, it IS money. But the big connection is really uranium enrichment plans for  the nuclear weapons industry, and USA’s nuclear war strategy.  South Australia’s already got Beverley and Heathgate uranium mines, owned by nuclear weapons giant General Atomics.  No surprise that some want to further entrench Adelaide’s military-industrial -intelligence complex in the nuclear war machine.  Envouragment is provided by professor Stefan Simons, of UCL Adelaide, funded by BHP.   Anyway, I have transcribed this broadcast .

Election. I am so fed up with all the rubbish.   That includes the Liberal Coalition saying on Tuesday  that they would use Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)  to fund a solar power station in Victoria.  and on Thursday that they would cut the funding of ARENA.   But I did like Guy Rundle’s respectful and insightful story about  Greens leader, Christine Milne.

August 30, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina reviews