Muckaty nuclear waste dump plan threatens groundwater
Muckaty station sits above an ancient aquifer which is used by both the aborigines for drinking water and white station owners to water their cattle. It also experiences large intermittent rainfalls during the year.
A heresy is occurring in Australia, anthropologyworks by Helen Caldicott, 8 March 2010, “….the current abuse and desecration of several aboriginal tribes inhabiting their land in the Northern Territory. This land called Muckaty station is conveniently located adjacent to the railway line, constructed recently by Dick Cheney’s former company Halliburton, which bisects Australia connecting Darwin, a port in the north, to Adelaide a port in the south. Continue reading
Govt will give aborigines housing, education – in exchange for hosting radioactive waste!
Aborigines being exploited over nuclear waste dump, says Scott Ludlam, Herald Sun By Larine Statham From: AAP, March 04, ABORIGINES should not be forced to trade their country for housing and education, Greens Senator Scott Ludlam says.
Martin Ferguson’s confused claims about medical radioactive waste
Waste is not from nuclear medicine , ABC Radio Darwin, 5 March 2010, By Liz Trevaskis
“…….Nuclear radiologist Peter Karamoskos spoke to Leon Compton on the Morning program. He explained that the majority of nuclear medicine procedures do not produce waste that requires long term storage.
He says that “I think the Minister is probably a little bit confused about what he refers to as nuclear medicine…. nearly all nuclear medicine involves short acting radio isotopes which usually decay on site, and then are disposed of into the normal environment.”
“The amount of waste is commensurately small when compared to the vast bulk of the waste which will be stored at the repository, which is the nuclear fuel waste.” http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2010/03/04/2836622.htm?site=darwin
Ferguson peddling lies about nuclear medicine
Martin Ferguson is now pushing the idea that there must be a nuclear waste dump at Muckaty Station in the Northern Territory if Australians want to have nuclear medicine
What utter nonsense! Sure – the nuclear wastes that originated at Lucas Heights in Sydney, and the medical radioactive wastes that exist in hospitals around the country – have to go somewhere. And that could be anywhere – e.g on Commonwealth land in South Australia, or perhaps on site at Lucas Heights.
One day, Australia and the rest of the world, will have to face up to the growing problem of medical radioactive waste. But to say that aboriginal land in the Northern Territory is the only solution, – that is just a straight-out lie.
Martin Ferguson secretive about nuclear waste dump plan
Ferguson tight-lipped on nuclear dump talks, By Melinda James, ABC News, Mar 3, 2010
The federal Resources Minister will not reveal if he is meeting with any of the traditional owners of Muckaty Station, which has been slated as the site for a national nuclear waste dump. Continue reading
Northern Territory govt against Martion Ferguson’s nuclear waste dump
“There was extensive research done between 1992 and 2004 to identify any number of sites around Australia, none of which were in the Northern Territory.”
Traditional owners ‘united’ behind nuclear dump, By Alison Middleton ABC News Mar 3, “… Continue reading
Australian soldiers used as guinea pigs in Maralinga nuclear tests
The veterans say they were used as guinea pigs to gauge the impact of radiation on humans.
Maralinga blast survivors sue | The Courier-Mail,Ian McPhedran, March 03, 2010, About 200 former military personnel who worked at or near the test sites and up to 100 Aboriginal residents of blast-affected land will join 800 British ex-servicemen suing for damages. Continue reading
Lax security at BHP’s Yeelirrie uranium tailings dump
Children accessing old uranium site ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)Mar 3, 2010 BHP Billiton says it will step up security at an old uranium testing site in Kalgoorlie after concerns children are accessing the area.Labor’s candidate for the federal seat of O’Connor, Ian Bishop, says damage to a security gate has allowed children to enter the site at Hannan’s north on dirt bikes. More than 5,000 tonnes of tailings from the Yeelirrie uranium deposit, near Wiluna, were buried in the area after BHP stopped testing ore-processing there in the 1980s.
Greens Senator warns on divisive effects of nuclear waste dump on Aboriginal land
Australian Greens Senator Scott Ludlam says the plan to build a radioactive waste dump in the region has become extremely divisive.
Aborigines discuss nuclear proposal on tribal land By Phil Mercer,BBC News, 3 march 2010, Sydney Aboriginal groups have held a public meeting to debate controversial plans to build Australia’s first nuclear waste dump on tribal land…. Continue reading
Australia needs job-rich renewable energy, not nuclear power
If Australia aimed to build a renewable energy sector that represented 5 per cent of the global market by 2030 we could realise some 500,000 jobs in our renewable energy industry and finally take advantage of our advanced research base.
Responsibly addressing the urgency of climate change cannot afford to be delayed or misled by nuclear industry hype.
Nuclear energy: money can’t buy love, ABC, david Noonan, 3 March 2010, The truth is investment in nuclear energy means massive capital costs and very low employment benefits…. Continue reading
Justice sought for “Woomera babies”, aborigines, servicemen
“We are dealing with generations of people who have been affected by radiation from the fallout and who have never had that acknowledged,”
“The medical science now exists in order to prove these injuries are linked to the tests.”
Aborigines to sue British Government over nuclear tests Telegraph.co UK By Bonnie Malkin, 02 Mar 2010 “…..Among the Australians seeking compensation are families of the “Woomera babies” – 60 infants who died, some without explanation, during the decade of testing. Woomera lies 600km west of the test site at Maralinga and some believe the town could have been affected by fallout from the nuclear blasts.
Other alleged victims of the blasts have told of a “black mist” of fallout descending on their homes after the explosions. Continue reading
Gloomy long term trend for uranium prices
Two Death Crosses on price charts for Australia’s two leading producers of uranium. What does this tell investors?FNArena News – March 02 2010 , By Rudi Filapek-Vandyck A recent sector report by Canadian stockbrokers Haywood Securities has revealed that price charts for many international uranium stocks carry the so-called “Cross of Death”. This is when a shorter term trendline moves below the longer term trendline and stays beneath it.
From a technical-market momentum point of view, such occurrence indicates the underlying trend has now become negative (bearish), Continue reading
Uranium conference perpetuating lies about radiation
Losses don’t take shine off silver lining, Sydney Morning Herald, SCOTT ROCHFORT March 2, 2010‘GOOD’ RADIATION Scientific findings were aired at a conference yesterday confirming that radiation can actually be good for you. Continue reading
“Gen 3” nuclear reactors are duds, but unproven Gen 4 a “public good”!
Intriguing that even the uranium industry is now being told that the Olkiluoto-3 ‘Generation III+’ nuke reactor is a dud. But never mind, the Australian government should support (?fund) the as yet undeveloped and untested Generation IV nuclear reactors! Continue reading
Nuclear waste dump siting shows Australian govt’s contempt for Aboriginal rights
Stop Dumping on Aboriginal Rights Aboriginal News Group 26 Feb 2010, Continue reading
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