Need to scrutinise need for radioactive materials
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Dr Dennis Matthews (BSc Hon, PhD) 26 Feb 14 The article by Miles Kemp (The Advertiser, 26/2/14) strikes me as a bit of a beat-up, more about politics than about science. It contains little information that was not debated during the abortive attempt to set up a national nuclear waste dump in South Australia.
The only new information relates to naming the suburbs where radioactive materials are stored, that is, wherever there are tertiary institutions, medical facilities and mining companies.
The crux of the problem with radioactive waste is whether we need the original radioactive materials. Once we decide that they are indispensible then the organizations using them need a place to store the materials and their waste products. If the storage facilities are inadequate then the original radioactive materials shouldn’t be there.
The solution to minimizing the problems associated with radioactive wastes is to minimize the use of radioactive materials in medicine, industry and research.
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