Federal Inquiry into ANSTO nuclear waste storage, submissions due by 30 July 2021
David J Noonan B.Sc., M.Env.St.,Independent Environment Campaigner and Sole Trader Consultant, A ‘Voice’ of the No Dump Alliance 24 July 21
There is a federal Inquiry into ANSTO nuclear waste storage,
Open for submissions to Friday 30 July, at: pwc@aph.gov.au
see more info on the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works Inquiry webpage:
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Intermediate Level Solid Waste Storage Facility Lucas Heights, NSW – Parliament of Australia (aph.gov.au)
FOE has prepared a short letter of submission option, at:
Nuclear Waste Submission – Friends of the Earth Melbourne (melbournefoe.org.au)for longer submission info suggestions – see input by David Noonan available at:
Noonan-PWC-Inquiry-submission-ANSTO-ILW-July2021.pdf (foe.org.au)
my Recommendations are below (if you make any usage its best in your own words)
RE: Extended storage of ANSTO’s ILW on-site at Lucas Heights is warranted until availability of a final disposal option. The indefinite Store for ANSTO nuclear fuel waste & ILW in SA is untenable.
Dear SecretaryPlease consider this Submission (22 page pdf) with five Recommendations (see p.4) and the request for public release of key ANSTO ILW Reports and further information sought from ANSTO (see p.5-6).
Recommendations to the Public Works Committee Inquiry:
Recommendation 1: ANSTO’s proposed public works on Intermediate Level Waste (ILW) storage must be altered to provide for the necessary and proper Contingency to retain ILW on-site in safe and secure extended storage at Lucas Heights “until the availability of a final disposal option”.
Recommendation 2: ANSTO must not pre-empt ARPANSA Licensing decisions. ANSTO must plan for the valid Contingency that an ARPANSA Approval for proposed indefinite duration above ground nuclear fuel waste and ILW storage in SA may not be granted.
Recommendation 3: The PWC must require and confirm the suitability of any assented ANSTO public works to provide for – and comply with – the necessary Contingency to retain ILW on-site at Lucas Heights until a final disposal option is available.
Recommendation 4: Transparency requiresANSTO must release key ILW Reports and further information to provide an adequate basis for informed decision making in consideration by the PWC and to facilitate informed public interest input to this Inquiry. Including: Two ANSTO Intermediate Level nuclear waste Reports required as part of ARPANSA Licensing Conditions and due to the regulator by 30 June 2020, AND the formal response(s) by ARPANSA.
Recommendation 5: The PWC Inquiry should consider that proposed indefinite storage of ANSTO nuclear fuel waste and ILW in SA is untenable and compromises safety and security in SA. ANSTO’s premise to transfer ILW into indefinite storage in regional SA is contrary to International Best Practice (IBP) and does not comply with ARPANSA Committee advice.
In Conclusion: Extended storage of ANSTO’s ILW on-site at Lucas Heights is a warranted public interest measure and a necessary Contingency until availability of a final disposal option.
ANSTO’s public works are premised on an il-considered, unassured and arguably untenable transfer of ILW into indefinite storage of ANSTO nuclear fuel waste and ILW in regional SA.
I have provided a range of public Briefing materials, for instance: “Nuclear Waste Store siting at Napandee also targets the Port of Whyalla” (see p.21-22).
Join the gathering – Stop the Nuclear Dump – Adelaide Friday July 2
Join the gathering – Stop the nuclear dump! Don’t dump on SA! Please join us on Friday July 2 to voice opposition to the Morrison government’s plan to impose a national nuclear waste dump near Kimba in SA.
The nuclear dump is unwanted, unnecessary and unsafe. It is unanimously opposed by Barngarla Traditional Owners and many other South Australians.
When: Friday July 2, 1 pm for 1.30 start to 3pm
Where: Steps of Parliament House on North Terrace
Some things you can do to help stop the imposition of the proposed nuclear dump:
* Donate to the Barngarla crowdfunder to fund a legal challenge (judicial review).* Sign the Barngarla petition* Sign the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) petition* Join the Adelaide-based ‘Don’t Dump on SA’ group, we meet on zoom every Tuesday (or sometimes every second Tuesday). Contact: jim.green@foe.org.au, 0417 318368
Keep uranium in the ground!
Keep uranium in the ground! https://www.nature.org.au/get-involved/take-action/keep-nsw-nuke-free-no-uranium-mining/
Nuclear is part of the old, dirty and dangerous way of producing energy. In the age of cheap, reliable, clean energy, we just don’t need it. 21 Aug 20,
The media have reported that NSW Cabinet members have bowed to pressure from One Nation Leader Mark Latham and Nationals Leader John Barilaro to overturn a ban on uranium exploration and mining.
But there is still time for people like you and me to stop this disaster. Cabinet is set to make a decision this Monday (August 24), ahead of a vote in parliament.
WE URGENTLY NEED YOU to ask your MP to commit to voting down this terrible law.
Will you please also ask them to pressure their Party Leader to reject the plan and vote against it if it comes to parliament?
Uranium mining in other parts of Australia has left a terrible legacy of radioactive pollution, including in the Northern Territory where a massive $1 billion clean-up is underway at the Ranger mine in the middle of Kakadu national park.
Toxic uranium mining could become legal in NSW within weeks if your local MP supports a One Nation and National Party deal to overturn a 30-year ban.
Senate Nuclear Waste Inquiry – the Public Hearing that is in fact a Secret Hearing!
Looks like the Public Hearing on Monday is “in camera” No program posted, but time set for 11.00am – 1.30pm Canberra time
Saturday 15 August 2020 at 7:00 PM Australian Premiere — No Extradition: Julian Assange’s Father & The Struggle for His Son’s Freedom
Saturday 15 August 2020 at 7:00 PM Australian Premiere — No Extradition: Julian Assange’s Father & The Struggle for His Son’s Freedom
(Director, Pablo Navarrete, 36 mins, Alborada Films) + Q&A
Pablo Navarrete
Pablo is a journalist and documentary filmmaker. He is British-Chilean and founded www.alborada.net and he co-edits Alborada Magazine. Pablo is on Twitter as @pablonav1
John Shipton
Karyn Hemming
Karyn regularly attends Sydney Town Hall Gatherings to support Julian Assange and various other Assange rallies including in London, UK. Karyn is on Twitter as @H11Karyn.
James Ricketson
James is an Australian film director who in June 2017 was arrested while flying a drone over an opposition party (Cambodia National Rescue Party) rally in Phnom Penh. He was found guilty of espionage and sentenced to six years in a Cambodian prison. He spent a total of 15 months in prison until he was pardoned after receiving diplomatic assistance from the Australian government.
Mark is now mostly a lawyer but he was previously a well known Australian investigative journalist and foreign correspondent. He was consistently present with Julian Assange inside the so-called ‘bunker’ at the Guardian prior to the release of the Afghan War Logs.
David McBride
As a legal officer with the Australian Special Forces, during his second deployment to Afghanistan, David leaked secret defence force documents to the ABC which included reports of troops killing unarmed men and children. These documents came to be known as ‘The Afghan Files’. David is on Twitter as @MurdochCadell.
Tickets
Tickets are available for various sized donations ranging from $5.50 to $20.00. Tickets available here. BY
Stephen Perrett https://medium.com/@GongSteve_19445/australian-premiere-no-extradition-julian-assanges-father-the-struggle-for-his-son-s-freedom-b5364229df45
webinar South Australia – too good to waste! – tonight!
webinar South Australia – too good to waste!
Please join us on Wednesday 8 July from 7.30 pm – 9.00 pm (AEST) to take a deep look at the current plans to both dump and store radioactive waste at Kimba on the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia.
Speakers:
Adnyamathanha Traditional Owner, Vivianne McKenzie
Barngarla Determination Aboriginal Corporation (BDAC) Chair, Jason Bilney
Kimba grain grower and a leader in the local anti-waste campaign, Peter Woolford
Australian Conservation Foundation nuclear-free campaigner, Dave Sweeney
Wednesday 8 July
NSW/VIC/ACT/QLD: 7.30 – 9pm
WA 5.30 pm – 7.00 pm
NT/SA: 7.00 – 8.30 pm
Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89732027745
For many years the South Australian community has said no to plans for national and international radioactive waste facilities. Now the town of Kimba on the Eyre Peninsula is being targeted by the federal government as a site for both the disposal and extended storage of Australia’s radioactive waste.
This webinar will explore some of the community concerns and actions and outline what is needed to advance a new and responsible approach to radioactive management in Australia.
Petition -stop Kimba nuclear waste dump, establish full inquiry into nuclear waste management
Amendments to the Radioactive Waste legislation currently being considered by the Senate would lock in Kimba as the National Suppository & deny procedural fairness to the majority of Australians.
Petition the Federal Government to stop the censure of the existing democratic process which currently requires considering the voices of those who may be affected.
“I call on the Federal Government to not proceed any further with the site selection process and establish a full inquiry into all radioactive waste management options which has yet to be conducted.
In addition, it is imperative that all stakeholders within transport corridors be consulted. Communities should be fully informed of the relevant costs and benefits, throughout the transport chain, and offered the opportunity to have their say on the proposal.”
https://www.sarahhansonyoung.com/no_dump
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YELLOWCAKE COUNTRY – WEBINAR SERIES
Don’t miss the first Yellowcake Country webinar next Wednesday 10 June from 5.30 pm – 7.00 pm (AWST) | 
NSW/VIC/ACT/QLD: 7.30pm | NT/SA: 7.00 pm.
We’ll be hearing from international activists from Taiwan, India and Japan who will share their powerful stories of the impacts of the nuclear industry in their country that are being directly fuelled by Australian uranium.
Speakers include;
Dr.Vaishali Patil, Indian social activist who will speak on the anti-nuclear movement in Konkon region of Maharashtra state where they are working to stop the proposed Jaitapur nuclear power plant.
Shi Ting Chen, nuclear-free and climate justice campaigner, for Green Citizens’ Action Alliance (GCAA) Taiwan who work to improve the social justice and enhance environmental sustainability by promoting energy transition and creating a nuclear-free and coal-free society.
Tomohiro Matsuoka, Japanese, environmental, social and governance research consultant with extensive knowledge on the Japanese nuclear industry. Tomohiro has worked with victims of the Fukushima nuclear disaster and will share his story of visiting Fukushima in 2019.
The hour and a half format will include guest speakers presentation and plenty of time for questions and discussion. For more information on the event, click here.
This is an online-only event. Please use the video Zoom link to join: https://zoom.us/j/89620002692
This exciting webinar will facilitate the continued public debate about the risks and responsibilities of our involvement in the global nuclear trade. We will bring together a powerful, united movement across the world to share stories for a nuclear free future.
Don’t let the fossil fuel companies pull the strings in Australia’s policy making
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Who’s pulling the strings during coronavirus? Don’t let the fossil fuel companies pull the strings https://www.getup.org.au/campaigns/covid-recovery/nccc-transparency/who-s-pulling-the-strings-during-coronavirus?t=KOWp58iMP2 Morrison is letting a group of unelected corporate fatcats set the agenda during coronavirus.
The unelected National COVID-19 Coordination Commission has taken the front seat in policy making. They operate in complete secret – with no oversight, no obligation to disclose who they’re meeting with and no transparency over the decisions they advise on.
Led by a former mining CEO and riddled with fossil fuel lobbyist, they’re doing more to protect fossil fuels than people.1
Judges, rights groups and independent politician Zali Steggal have all called for the group to operate with more transparency. It’s time we back them in with a massive call for more accountability.2 Sign the petition demanding transparency around policy making during coronavirus. References: [2] Zali Steggall increasingly concerned about Morrison government’s Covid Commission, The Guardian, 13 May 2020. |
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Webinar Registration Free Assange – Stop the Extradition
Webinar Registration Free Assange – Stop the Extradition Time May 6, 2020 07:00 PM in London
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Ei2DGsIzTsex6XdoK50szg?
link_id=5&can_id=3294684aa2f19f5e6bb632e712ba9105&source=email-3-vital-meetings&email_referrer=email_787333___subject_1060111&email_subject=3-vital-meetings
Organised by Greater Manchester Manchester Stop the War Coalition
Speakers:
Renata Avila – Wikileaks legal team
Tim Dawson – National Union of Journalists
John Rees – Stop the War Coalition
John Shipton – anti-war activist and Julian Assange’s father
Chair: Penny Hicks, Greater Manchester Stop the War Coalition
Renata Avila is an international human rights lawyer and Co-convener of the Progressive International. She has been a part of the legal and advocacy team of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks for more than a decade.
Tim Dawson is an NUJ past President and represents the NUJ and the International Federation of Journalists on the campaign against Julian Assange’s extradition.
John Rees is a writer, broadcaster and activist, one of the organisers of the People’s Assembly and co-founder of Stop the War Coalition.
John Shipton is Julian Assange’s father, an anti-war activist dedicated to the campaign to drop the extradition charge and see his son freed.
Make Australia’s environment laws stronger- Have your say before submissions close Friday!
K-A Garlick, Nuclear Free WA, 16 Apr 20 |
We have an opportunity to make our environmental laws stronger and better protect our unique wildlife. The panel of experts reviewing the EPBC Act law want to know what matters to you.
Have your say before submissions close Friday!
As we have seen in the case of Yeelirrie, our current environmental laws are failing. There is a very real threat from the pro nuclear lobby group to remove the nuclear power ban and the uranium triggers from the EPBC Act. We are encouraging people to write in their submission to keep the ban on nuclear power and keep the uranium triggers.
There is a great website, Don’t Nuke the Climate that has all the information on making a submission. Click here.
Also to assist you is a great interview with Dave Sweeney – Yeelirrie and the democratic deficit (RTR Understorey) and a video Yeelirrie – A case for environmental reform.
This once in a decade review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, known as the EPBC Act, could be the turning point for Australia’s unique and incredible wildlife.
Tell the expert panel, that you want stronger environment laws that keep the nuclear power ban and the uranium trigger and that protect wildlife, habitats and ecosystems.
There’s still time to make a submission opposing the nuclear waste dump!
Friendsof the Earth, 30 Mar 20 Please lodge a submission opposing the federal government’s nuclear waste dump plans
Thanks to the 700+ people who have already made a submission! The deadline has now been extended to 9 April 2020.
The National Radioactive Waste Management Amendment Bill amends the National Radioactive Waste Management Act to specifically target South Australia for a national nuclear waste ‘facility’ ‒ a repository for low-level waste and an above-ground ‘interim’ store for long-lived intermediate-level waste including nuclear reactor fuel waste.
The Bill is deeply flawed and should be rejected. Among other problems, the Bill and the existing Act systematically disempower and dispossess Barngarla Traditional Owners who are unanimous in their opposition to the proposed nuclear waste facility.
Please make a submission on or before 9 April to the Senate Economics Legislation Committee which is holding an inquiry to the Bill.
The easiest and quickest way to make a submission is to simply sign our online submission, adding any comments you like.
Click here to use our proforma
Alternatively, you can write your own submission and email it to: economics.sen@aph.gov.au
For information on the inquiry, click here.
For information on the National Radioactive Waste Management Amendment Bill 2020, click here.
Webinar: Yeelirrie – A Case for Environmental Law Reform
Nuclear Free WA In an effort to bring our community together, we are hosting a webinar: Yeelirrie – A Case for Environmental Law Reform
The focus of this webinar will review the Yeelirrie uranium mine assessment process as a case study on the urgent need for improved environmental laws that prevent political influence in decision making and improves the agility in the Commonwealth environment department to identify and classify threatened and endangered species.
We are only weeks away from the deadline to make a submission to the EPBC Act review. The outcome will set the pace of environmental protection over the next decade. It is critically important for you to have your say on the urgent need for improved environmental laws. We have a stellar line up of speakers who will give some important insights to help with your submission. More information here.
CCWA Director Piers Verstegen will outline the state assessment process and decision for Cameco’s Yeelirrie uranium mine proposal in the Northern Goldfields of WA.
Environmental Defenders Office, Ruby Hamilton will give an outline of the Yeelirrie court challenge.
Australian Conservation Foundation, Environmental Investigator, Annica Schoo will give an update on her FOI findings from the Federal environmental approval of the Yeelirrie uranium mine just days before the election was called.
Mia Pepper, Mineral Policy Institute will identify problems with the current assessment process in the context of the current review of the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
Submissions to the EPBC Act review close on 16th of April and we hope this will give you important insights to help with your submission.
Date: Thursday 2 April 5:00 pm (awst) | NSW/VIC/ACT: 8 pm | NT: 6.30 pm | QLD: 7 pm | SA 7.30 pm
Nation Radioactive Waste Management Bill: Submission deadline extended to April 9
The deadline for submissions to the National Radioactive Waste Management Amendment (Site Specification, Community Fund and Other Measures) Bill has been extended from today to April 9.
The easiest and quickest way to make a submission is to sign Friends of the Earth’s online submission, adding any comments you like. Click here to sign the online submission.
Alternatively, you can write your own submission and email it to: economics.sen@aph.gov.au
Here are the THREE MAIN POINTS to concentrate on with your submissions ……….courtesy of one of our state MP’S!
Kazzi Jai Fight To Stop Nuclear Waste In The Flinders Ranges
Land Owner Nomination
Technical Suitability
Broad Community Support
See some submission tips below:
(1) Definition of immediate neighbours changed from one phase to the next .SHAME
(2) The term broad community support being determined by one minister’s definition .SHAME
(3) 2789 submissions from outside Kimba boundary acknowledged but obviously not considered in final decision .SHAME
(4) Community supporting members closer to the site than the township of Kimba not given a vote . SHAME
(5) Landowner able to nominate without first consulting with community. SHAME
(6) Site now characterised as a station to imply that it is in some kind of remote far away land . SHAME
(7) Calling high level waste intermediate . SHAME
(8) Implying that the Kimba community is somehow responsible for the ongoing production of nuclear medicine . SHAME
(8) Native title holders acknowledged but not considered in final decision . SHAME .
(9) ARPANSA guidelines regarding agricultural land completely ignored. SHAME
(10) Definition of radioactive waste now described as controlled waste . SHAME
(11) My descendants will be forced to apologise on behalf of a decision I did not make.SHAME.
(12) MONEY , MONEY, MONEY, may well have a happy rhythm to it, but what of the decision if there were no dollars attached . This process has left one part of our community joyous and the rest of us absolutely gutted. SHAME, SHAME, SHAME https://www.facebook.com/groups/941313402573199/
Please lodge a submission against waste dump in South Australia
No Dump Alliance, Jemila Rushton 23 Mar 20,
We know that right now, you are likely doing all you can to keep families and communities safe, and trying to stay up to date with the important updates related to the COVID-19 outbreak.
While we are doing the same, and only just starting to imagine what campaigning in this era of COVID-19 might look like, there is a critical moment approaching in the campaign to stop the federal governments plan to dump nuclear waste in South Australia.
Please lodge a submission opposing the federal government’s nuclear waste dump plans on or before this Thursday, March 26.
The National Radioactive Waste Management Amendment Bill specifically target SA for a national nuclear waste ‘facility’ ‒ a repository for low-level waste and an above-ground ‘interim’ (indefinite) store for long-lived intermediate-level waste including nuclear reactor fuel waste.
The Bill is deeply flawed and should be rejected. Among other problems, the Bill and the existing Act systematically disempower and dispossess Barngarla Traditional Owners who are unanimous in their opposition to the proposed nuclear waste facility.
Please make a submission on or before this Thursday March 26 to the Senate Economics Legislation Committee which is holding an inquiry to the Bill.
Peter Woolford, chair of the No Radioactive Waste on Agricultural Land in Kimba or SA group, writes:
“As a farmer in Kimba I ask people to stand together with us in writing a submission to the Senate Economics Legislation Committee. It is so important that this flawed process and legislation is called out as a totally unacceptable methodology of responsible radioactive waste management in Australia and the Bill should not be supported. By contributing a submission to the inquiry, we can all make a positive difference.”
The easiest and quickest way to make a submission is to simply sign the online submission drafted by Dr. Jim Green from Friends of the Earth, adding any comments you like. Click here to sign the online submission.
Alternatively, you can write your own submission and email it to: economics.sen@aph.gov.au
For information on the inquiry, see this link.
For information on the National Radioactive Waste Management Amendment Bill 2020, see this link.
We hope you are all safe, healthy and taking care of each other.
1.This month
Nuclear Waste Submission Enter a submission on storage of nuclear waste
Your voice is important. Don’t let the government sweep nuclear waste under the carpet!
Please make a submission to the federal Public Works Committee Inquiry on storage of nuclear waste on or before Friday 30 July
You can simply add your name to this online submission and you can make any edits or additions you like. https://www.melbournefoe.org.au/ansto_submission?utm_campaign=urgent_action_2021&utm_medium=email&utm_source=friendsofearthmelbourne
Federal Parliament’s Public Works Committee is conducting an inquiry into nuclear waste storage in Australia. Most of this waste is currently stored at the Lucas Heights research reactor site 30 km south of Sydney, operated by the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO).
Ongoing storage at Lucas Heights is a better option than dumping the waste on Aboriginal land in South Australia against the unanimous opposition of Barngarla Traditional Owners and the opposition of many local farmers and people across the state. Please make a submission to the Public Works Committee inquiry.
For updates: see Adelaide group Don’t Dump on SA https://www.facebook.com/dontdumponsa
No Radioactive Waste Facility for Kimba District https://www.facebook.com/noradwastekimba
And https://www.facebook.com/nodumpalliance
Please Sign: the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) sign on letter to federal Minister Pitt
Support the Barngarla People:
“Barngarla: Help us Have a Say on Kimba” to fund a legal challenge (judicial review)
Fundraiser by Barngarla People : Barngarla: Help us Have a Say on Kimba (gofundme.com)
Barngarla need as much support as we can to say NO to the Nuclear Waste Facility for KIMBA
Mahalia Bilney started this petition to Ken Wyatt (Minister for Indigenous Australians) and 1 other
Our Barngarla Mob need as much support as we can to say NO to the Nuclear Waste Facility proposed for Kimba! Help us fight to be heard and included in the importance of such a decision �� We won our native title to then be told we have no say and to go through this process all over again.
We don’t want the nuclear waste facility as they can’t guarantee it’s going to be safe and it will be a huge risk to the wildlife and environment. Not to mention the proposed areas are sacred and hold significance to my people and we don’t want more major damage to be caused, we want to try and preserve what we have left.
Research into this for yourselves, they say it’s low level but it’s technically high level! but our country marks it as low as our standards aren’t the same as the countries we’ll receive the waste from. It’s appalling and not wanted! So help us fight for our right to vote and hopefully stop it from happening
For international nuclear news go to https://nuclear-news.net
Appeal for Australian Government’s Actions on Japan’s Dumping Nuclear Wastewater into Sea
Submissions to the Senate Committee Inquiry into National Radioactive Management Amendment Bill. 2020. Go to our summaries of significant submissions, conveniently listed in alphabetical order at Kimba waste dump submissions or see all submissions listed at Read the Submissions
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Submissions to the Senate Committee Inquiry into National Radioactive Management Amendment Bill. 2020. Go to our summaries of significant submissions, conveniently listed in alphabetical order at Kimba waste dump submissions or see all submissions listed at Read the Submissions
