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Fusion “Dream” is Toxic Nightmare

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The fusion dream is a toxic nightmare which throws billions of £££££s of public money away in the plan to create another nuclear treadmill from which there is no getting off..

“Fusion

Fusion reactors have long been touted as the “perfect” energy source.
Proponents claim that when useful commercial fusion reactors are developed,
they would produce vast amounts of energy with little radioactive waste,
forming little or no plutonium byproducts that could be used for nuclear
weapons. These pro-fusion advocates also say that fusion reactors would be
incapable of generating the dangerous runaway chain reactions that lead to a
meltdown-all drawbacks to the current fission schemes in nuclear power
plants. As we move closer to our goal, however, it is time to ask: Is fusion
really a “perfect” energy source? After having worked on nuclear fusion
experiments for 25 years at the <http://www.pppl.gov/&gt; Princeton Plasma
Physics Lab, I began to…

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April 23, 2017 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

To April 23 Australia in nuclear and climate news

It’s getting monotonous, as well as scary,  – news reports on all the sabre rattling going on, mainly about North Korea, but also about Syria and Iran. The upshot of all this: –  risk of ‘catastrophic’ nuclear accident increases.  – communities fearful of nuclear war, especially in South Korea, and luxury bunkers in high demand by the filthy rich.

March for Science events in New York, London, Paris, Berlin – crowds gathered worldwide on Earth Day.

Spin  for “new nukes” – Generation IV nuclear reactors – ramps up.

AUSTRALIA

Effusive (?nauseating) meeting as Trump’s Vice President visits Australia, seeks support for potential attack on North Korea. Australia all too ready to join America in fighting World War 3. North Korea warns of nuclear strike against Australia: Turnbull tight-lipped about joining any USA military action.

Marches For Science held in Australia yesterday, in cities including in Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart, Perth, Brisbane and Townsville.

NUCLEAR. Stop Australia signing up to develop new nuclear reactors -submissions by 28 April. Australia quietly joins international forum to develop new Gen IV nuclear reactors.

A March on Anzac Day: 6 years of FRONTIER WARS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmVAxy59WVI

CLIMATE and RENEWABLE ENERGY We are about to choose Adani or Australia.   Adani coal mine just does not make economic sense. John Hewson says $1bn loan to Adani the ‘last thing’ Coalition should be doing. There’s An Army Of Indian Twitter Accounts Pushing Suspiciously Identical Pro-Mining Tweets.

The great gas con: There are cheaper, cleaner alternatives.

Bid for rare earths mining and processing in Australia.

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North Korea warns of nuclear strike against Australia: Turnbull tight-lipped about joining any USA military action.

North Korea threatens nuclear strike against Australia if it doesn’t stop ‘blindly toeing US line’ ABC News, by defence reporter Andrew Greene, 23 Apr 17, North Korea has warned Australia it could be hit with nuclear weapons if it continues to “blindly” follow the United States.

Key points:

  • N Korean accuses Australia of “spouting a string of rubbish” about isolated regime
  • Spokesman said Julie Bishop could “never be pardoned” for saying North Korea’s nukes were a threat to Australia
  • Comments coincide with Mike Pence’s visit to Australia

The comments came after Foreign Minister Julie Bishop earlier this week said on the ABC’s AM program that North Korea’s nuclear weapons program posed a “serious threat” to Australia unless it was stopped by the international community.

A spokesman for the North Korean Foreign Ministry accused Australia of “spouting a string of rubbish” about the isolated regime, and warned against following the US.

“The present Government of Australia is blindly and zealously toeing the US line,” the spokesman said. “If Australia persists in following the US’ moves to isolate and stifle North Korea … this will be a suicidal act of coming within the range of the nuclear strike of the strategic force of North Korea.”

The North Korean Foreign Ministry also directly addressed Ms Bishop’s interview, warning she had “better think twice about the consequences to be entailed by her reckless tongue-lashing before flattering the US”. What she uttered can never be pardoned,” the spokesman said. “It is hard to expect good words from the Foreign Minister of such a government. But if she is the Foreign Minister of a country, she should speak with elementary common sense about the essence of the situation.”

Pence, after talks with PM, said US would ‘deal’ with North Korea  The comments coincided with a visit to Australia by US Vice-President Mike Pence, who continued to condemn Pyongyang’s weapons program at a time of heightened tension between the regions.Mr Pence also thanked Australia for calling on China to exert greater economic and diplomatic pressure on North Korea. “As President Trump made clear a few days ago, if China is unable to deal with North Korea, the United States and our allies will,” he said, following a meeting with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

“Mr Prime Minister, know that President Trump and I are truly grateful to you for calling on China even this week to play an even more active and constructive role in addressing the North Korean threat.”

Mr Pence would not rule out the use of military force in North Korea, repeating “all options are on the table”, but stressed the US was focused on diplomacy at this stage.

Mr Turnbull meanwhile said it was “self-evident” China had the capacity to bring more pressure to bear on North Korea.

But he brushed off questions about whether Australia would join any military strike on the regime in the future..….http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-22/north-korea-accuses-australia-of-blindly-following-the-us/8464252

April 23, 2017 Posted by | AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, politics international | Leave a comment