Australian company Lynas wants Malaysia to take its radioactive wastes
Alarm bells were raised when a report in April questioned how Lynas was going to dispose the waste material from the plant ……
there are questions as to why Lynas did not build the plant in Australia instead if it did not pose any danger to the environment and the people?
Baffling Perak can think of 2nd rare earth project when Japan radiation still fresh, The Star (Malaysia) – By B.K. Sidhu 29 April 11, IT is baffling that Perak can even think of accommodating a second rare earth project when the horrors of radiation in Japan are still fresh on the people’s minds and there was a major disaster involving a rare earth plant in the state just a decade ago. Continue reading
Atomic bomb tests’ radiation kept secret from Australians
British monitoring of water commenced in the 1950s. The records of this early monitoring are unavailable in Australia. As British nuclear weapons testing in Australia commenced in the early l950s, this data is of great importance.
Propaganda Paul Langley’s Nuclear History Blog 13 April 11, Introduction From 1957 to 1978 the Australian Government carried out dissections on the bodies of people who had died of illness or accident. These dissections were carried out to monitor the amount of Strontium 90, a radioactive element, absorbed by Australians. Strontium 90 was a component of the fallout deposited from nuclear tests conducted in Australia, the Pacific and China. Continue reading
BHP Billiton’s coy silence about Olympic Dam uranium mining
Missing from BHP Billiton’s announcement was any mention of the fact that, by the time Olympic Dam reaches full production (and the time frame for what is proposed to be a four stage expansion remains highly uncertain) it will be the world’s biggest uranium producer…..
Silent on uraniumThe Australian Matthew Stevens March 31, 2011 “……. FUKUSHIMA’S nuclear shadow seems to have reached all the way to BHP Billiton headquarters in Melbourne, with the Global Australian yesterday confirming Olympic Dam’s move into full feasibility, but remaining cautiously mute about what that might mean for the future giant’s uranium production. Continue reading
Uranium deception and confusion of Northern Territory politician
“It details 4th generation reactors that essentially don’t require more uranium mining…in forwarding that article around he’s essentially shooting the argument in the foot because he’s advocating for uranium mining on one front when [4th generation reactors] use radioactive waste.”..
Conlan in hot seat – ABC Alice Springs – Australian Broadcasting Corporation11 March, 2011 By Emma Sleath Country Liberals politician Matt Conlan is in damage control following an NT News article alleging he was secretly in support of the proposed Angela Pamela uranium mine despite publicly opposing it. Continue reading
Martin Ferguson’s lie about medical radioactive waste
Ferguson has been selling his contentious National Radioactive Waste Management Bill on the false notion that such a dump, to be developed at Muckaty Station in the Northern Territory, is in the community interest as a repository for Australia’s nuclear medicine waste.
Furphies abound in Ferguson’s nuclear agenda, Sydney Morning Herald, Dr Peter Karamoskos, March 2, 2011, As Resources Minister Martin Ferguson pushes Australia into a new future of expanding uranium exports to southern Asia and pushes nuclear power back onto the political agenda, the public will have to be duped into accepting the reality of nuclear waste dumps on Australian soil. Continue reading
The devious politics of uranium mining – example Arkaroola
To thread their way through environmental protection laws and keep Marathon investing, supporters of mining in the sanctuary have performed a range of unedifying gymnastics.
For years, Labor has joined with Marathon in a flagrant misreading of the SA Development Plan.
SA Labor buckling on Arkaroola uranium?, Green Left Weekly, February 27, 2011By Renfrey Clarke,”……….As insurance against lingering environmentalism among government ministers, Marathon — one of whose largest shareholders is the Chinese mining group CITIC — has brought a suite of former Labor politicians on board. Continue reading
Australian Government secretive on airport radiation scanners
public health and security experts remain divided on the risks of radiation exposure and whether the machines provide anything more than “security theatre”….no material has been released for public discussion.
Controversial body scanners set for airport security Karen Dearne The Australian February 22,THE Gillard government is preparing to introduce virtual strip-search scanners at airports despite unresolved privacy issues and fears about the $28.5 million program. Continue reading
Kloppers of BHP behind the scenes – Wiklileaks
Kloppers had asked US diplomats for insights on China’s intentions and said he would be willing to trade secrets in order to obtain that information
Drilling Kloppers Business Spectator, Supratim Adhikari, 15 Feb 2011, “….WikiLeaks. According to leaked US diplomatic cable, Kloppers took personal credit for derailing the $23.9 billion tie-up between Rio Tinto and Chinalco, describing the move as a strategic victory for BHP. Continue reading
Australia: the nuclear hypocrite
the likelihood is that Australian uranium has found its way into nuclear weapons, clandestinely or otherwise…..Heathgate is a fully owned subsidiary of the US multinational General Atomics, whose interests in developing nuclear technologies include arms manufacture:
“…..What the WikiLeak does highlight is the history of hypocrisy in Australia’s policy on the associated matter of uranium and nuclear power, especially when the governing party has been the ALP, which struggles to resolve its moral and intellectual confusion. Continue reading
Wikileaks: secret military spy satellite deals, Australia and USA
A leaked cable from February 2008 revealed a secret deal between the Australian and US governments to share secret intelligence from spy satellites,….The operations went against statements in the DWP. Then-defence department deputy secretary Mike Pezzullo told US diplomats the DWP had been carefully written to fool the ALP “Left” faction — which opposes US plans to develop a missile defence shield.
WikiLeaks exposes Aus. gov’t, Green Left, February 13, 2011By Ash Pemberton WikiLeaks has released secret US diplomatic cables that show secret Australian government negotiations Continue reading
Wikileaks reveal Martin Ferguson’s hypocrisy over uranium sales to India
The Resources, Energy and Tourism Minister, Martin Ferguson, has told the US embassy in Canberra that ”a deal to supply India with nuclear fuel could be reached in three to five years”…….
Australia, like UK, should hold Inquiry into Iraq war
… revelations of coalition support for or direct participation in torture and indiscriminate killings were revealed in the massive cache of classified military documents released by Wikileaks in 2010.
Nor are the consequences limited to Iraq. Australia, as well as the rest of the world, is significantly less safe. Our civil liberties have been severely impinged by wave after wave of anti terrorism legislation supposedly designed to protect us…….
Now is the time for an Australian inquiry into the Iraq War – On Line Opinion -Chris Doran, 28/1/2011 The 2003 invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq have been an unparalleled disaster for the Iraqi people, Continue reading
Australian public shut out of discussion on uranium mine expansion’s impact
BHP Billiton had been asked to further investigate issues of waste, air quality, radiation and desalination.
Wait too long for BHP environment response: Greens ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), 3 Dec 10, BHP Billiton has given supplementary Environmental Impact Statements to SA Government The Greens say the public should not have to wait eight weeks to read BHP Billiton’s response to environmental concerns about its planned expansion of mining at Olympic Dam in outback South Australia. Continue reading
Report on the Nuclear Compton Telescope accident in Northern Australia
causes related to insufficient risk analysis, contingency planning, personnel training, technical knowledge, government oversight and public safety accommodations………Immediately after the accident in Australia, launch operations at all of NASA’s balloon sites were suspended.
NASA Releases Report About Australia Balloon Mishap, Space Daily, Oct 25, 2010 A NASA panel that investigated the unsuccessful April 28 launch of a scientific balloon from Alice Springs, Australia, has released its report. Continue reading
Tax-payer subsidises uranium mine, but unaware of toxic result
“BHP propose to dump radioactive mine tailings on the surface and to leave them there forever rather than to dispose of their wastes,”…“BHP do not intend to rehabilitate the proposed open pit, intending instead to leave a toxic lake as a radioactive scar on the landscape.”.
‘Toxic lake’ future for Olympic Dam, Roxby Downs Sun, 25 Oct, 2010 “…….. BHP had designed the project to leak an average three million litres of liquid radioactive wastes a day until 2050 and only plan to line about 15 per cent of tailings piles. Continue reading
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Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes – A good documentary on Chernobyl on SBS available On Demand for the next 3 weeks– https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-program/chernobyl-the-lost-tapes/2352741955560
15 April – Zoom –Nuclear Power is Not the Solution
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21 April Webinar: No Nuclear Weapons in Australia
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