Antinuclear

Australian news, and some related international items

Aboriginal’s sacred land versus AREVA’s uranium

Jeffrey just wants to go fishing  Live, smile, and breathe  12 Jan 2010 The following article was first written by Lindsay Murdock on July 14, 2007.

Who wants to be a billionaire? I don’t JEFFREY Lee is not interested in the soaring price of uranium, which could make him one of the world’s richest men.”This is my country, look, it’s beautiful and I fear somebody will disturb it,” he said, waving his arm across rocky land surrounded by the Kakadu National Park, where the French mining giant Areva wants to extract 14,000 tonnes of uranium worth more than $5 billion. Continue reading

January 13, 2010 Posted by | aboriginal issues, ACT, uranium | , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Review: fossil fuel puppets, ANSTO’s poll, France’s nuclear doubts

a-cat-CANReview. Australia: Fossil fuel lobbyists using their muscle on Rudd govt to further weaken the already pathetic Emissiosn Trading Scheme. Meanwhile Rudd govt ignores Australia’s chance for solar energy leadership. ANSTO’s latest opinion poll results show overwhelming opposition to nuclear power. A Labor politician claims that South Australians wants a nuke waste dump, just to add to their existing radioactive contamination.

International: world-wide push by well-paid puppets of fossil fuel industries, in order to ruin December’s Copenhagen talks. Continued agonising in USA over mounting nuclear waste. Japan embarks on dangerous trip towards fast breeder nuclear reactors. France’s nuclear export industry has dubious future as safety concerns rise. – the week that has been.

November 10, 2009 Posted by | Christina reviews, climate change - global warming, energy, uranium | , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Review: Uranium and nuclear skulduggery

a-cat-CANAustralia: – Corrupt dealings over Marathon’s uranium exploration.  Telstra closes down nuclear veterans’ website – under govt pressure? The case against the govt’s plans for radioactive waste dumping in NT – is taken internationally. mainstream media wrongly portrays Peter Beatties as pro-nuclear. A High Court ruling further limits aborigines’ land rights

International:  Nuclear lobby aims to take over US Climate Bill. Revelations of France and Germany’s unsafe radioacttive waste dumping in Siberia. AREVA’s half-built nuclear reactors in Finland and France are plagued with problems, lawsuits, and ever-escalating costs. French govt not likley to compensate Polynesian nuclear bomb test victims. – the week that has been

October 20, 2009 Posted by | Christina reviews, uranium | , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Thanks to AREVA, India to get Australian uranium?

AREVA-Medusa1Land take-over begins for 9,600 MW Maharashtra nuke plant Sify News 14 Oct 09 Work on the 9,600 MW Jaitapur nuclear power project in Maharashtra’s Ratnagiri district will kick off Thursday with the process of acquiring 938 hectares of land, a top official said here Wednesday. Continue reading

October 15, 2009 Posted by | 1, AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, politics international, uranium | , , , , , | Leave a comment

AREVA spins nuclear to kids

AREVA-spinSmAREVA-Medusa1AREVA never misses an opportunity to get the uranium/nuclear soft sell out to kids.

And, apparently the South Australia Museum and the S.A. govt are right behind them. Continue reading

October 8, 2009 Posted by | South Australia, spinbuster, uranium | , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment