Australian govt’s dodgy process, with “jobs promises” for getting support for Kimba nuclear waste dump.
Megan Jo I Fight To Stop A Nuclear Waste Dump In South Australia 3 Feb 2020 I feel empathy for the people that voted yes. I think they truly believe that the promises of jobs, safety and prosperity are going to materialise. Sure, the government has promised 45 jobs….. but the current definition of ‘employed’ is 1 hour per week. This whole process has been slippery politics from beginning to end. The greatest feat of these slimy pollies was to convince the yes and no voters that the enemy is your neighbour, not a government that holds the healthcare and funding of rural communities for ransom. I prefer the term ‘extortion money’ rather than ‘bribe money’ so we don’t lose sight of who the real bastards are. https://www.facebook.com/groups/941313402573199/
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It is obvious to me that the nuclear industry’s nuclear dump campaign is based on connecting the dump with nuclear medicine, just look at the last 2 issues of The Advertiser (1st and 3rd Feb).
Once the public accepts that we need to have a centralized dump for the dangerous but necessary nuclear waste from hospitals then the rest is easy – throw money, promise of jobs, etc, etc and it’s all over bar the shouting.
By volume, most of the waste will be from hospitals, universities, mining companies. However, from the point of view of radioactivity and hence hazard, by far the most dangerous and difficult to manage material is from the nuclear reactor at Lucas Heights in NSW. This material will remain highly dangerous for our children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, and so on for many more generations.
Moving long-lived radioactive nuclear waste from a place (Lucas Heights in NSW), where it is already stored and which has more nuclear scientists than the rest of Australia put together, to a remote place like Kimba is not scientifically, environmentally or morally defensible.
The initial dump is highly likely to be the thin edge of the wedge. When people get tired of complaining the nuclear industry can slowly and quietly up the ante.
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