Moving Intermediate Level Waste from Lucas Heights to another Intermediate site – dubious and possibly illegal

Tim Bickmore No Nuclear Waste Dump Anywhere in South Australia, 26 Nov 18 Moving the Intermediate Level Waste from the Interim Waste Storage facility at Lucas Heights to another ‘interim’ facility is a dubious & possibly illegal move – especially considering that ANSTO already has a license to store it for 40 years & the capacity to extend that license indefinitely…

“In the unlikely event that the NRWMF is not built within 40 years, ANSTO would make a submission to ARPANSA (Section 36 of the ARPANS Act, 1998) [1] to amend the licence to extend it for a defined period of time (e.g., re-licensing at 5 year intervals). “

IF THE ILW MOVES TO REGIONAL S.AUST ‘temporarily’ AND REMAINS FOR 40 YEARS THEN A ‘HOT CELL’ WOULD BE NEEDED TO TRANSFER IT TO A NEW CONTAINER…. ANSTO estimates that the ILW may remain for 100 years

“If, after 40 years, the TN 81 Transport/Storage container is deemed to be no longer suitable for storage past the initial period of 40 years, a new TN 81 Transport/Storage container would be procured. The vitrified waste containers would then be unloaded from the old container into the new TN 81 Transport/Storage container. Any such unloading and re-loading of the vitrified waste containers would be carried out in a suitably shielded hot-cell which would be purposely built and licensed for this activity ….. The NRWMF will cater for the long term above ground storage (approximately 100 years) of Intermediate Level Waste including the waste reprocessed in France and the United Kingdom. ”
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Changing climate change“2040” paints an optimistic picture of the future of the environment

The film focuses on technological and agricultural solutions that are already being implemented to help combat climate change, The Economist Feb 19th 2019

by C.G. | BERLIN ……….In “2040”, a documentary which premiered at the Berlinale, Mr Gameau seeks to wrest hope from the bleak reports of climate change. He was inspired by Project Drawdown, the first comprehensive plan to reverse global warming, and the film is intended as a “virtual letter to his four-year-old daughter to show her an alternative future”. “Many films,” Mr Gameau thinks, are too dystopian, and “paint a future that is really hard to engage and to connect with”. “2040” acknowledges that the Earth has set off down a hazardous path, but focuses on the work that is being done now to steer the right course. What, the film asks, could make 2040 a time worth living in?…. (subscribers only) https://www.economist.com/prospero/2019/02/19/2040-paints-an-optimistic-picture-of-the-future-of-the-environment