Antinuclear

Uranium clean-up way over budget, running late… sounds like true nuclear power

The company cleaning up the Ranger uranium mine in Kakadu says the project is running badly over budget and already late.

Crikey GLENN DYER AND BERNARD KEANE, SEP 28, 2023

Peter Dutton and the radioactive gang of nuclear spruikers in the media seem to think that if only they call for a “mature debate” long enough, small nuclear reactors (SMRs) will just pop into being.

But like any energy source, nuclear power comes with a host of practical challenges that don’t seem to feature in the op-eds and speeches about how SMRs are just around the corner.

Take, for example, the plight of Energy Resources of Australia (ERA) — the almost wholly owned subsidiary of Rio Tinto that operated the Ranger uranium mine in Kakadu in the Northern Territory from 1980 until 2021, when it was closed and rehabilitation work started………………………..(Subscribers only) more https://www.crikey.com.au/2023/09/28/uranium-mine-clean-up-over-budget-running/

September 28, 2023 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Northern Territory, uranium