Water, not money, might kill off nuclear industry
Water could the be issue that sinks this project, or it could be numerous other funding and safety issues related to nuclear power.
Water Issues Derailing Nuclear Power in Utah SpeakEasy by Tara Lohan , February 26, 2010 Nuclear power has been a hot topic these past few weeks with Vermont’s leaking reactor, Continue reading
Secret nuclear waste dump deal done by ruthless Australian govt
no comparable country had a national radioactive waste policy based on secret documents and agreements.
Fallout over NT nuclear dump site, LINDSAY MURDOCH AND TOM ARUP, February 27, 2010
Dianne Stokes says the Rudd government’s decision to push ahead with plans to dump nuclear waste on the red-soil land north of Tennant Creek has caused trouble in her Warlmanpa tribe. ”People have given away land that doesn’t belong to them … now there is big trouble among us,” she said. Continue reading
If Australia “goes nuclear” South Australia will get the radioactive waste dump
High-level nuclear waste will be created if Australia goes nuclear.But spent fuel rods would be kept underwater at the reactor site for 70 years and then buried one kilometres below ground.A site has already been identified for that dump _ Territorians might be pleased to known that it’s just across the border in South Australia.Group of 40 okays NT nuclear dump | Northern Territory News | Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia | ntnews.com.au
Should we allow bribing of a few to bring radioactive poisons to future generations?
It raises the question tho, should a community, or NLC, on receiving a bribe…have the right to approve a dump when it is the next 1000 generations who may have to…wear the impact of leakage?
New Matilda, Markob 24/02/10 “…the problem of allowing local communities to decide these things, for different reasons than Ferguson’s. This community clearly feels that this is not right – why would you put a waste dump at the confluence of 3 major rivers?- but that can change, unlikely as it sounds. It raises the question tho, should a community, or NLC, on receiving a bribe such as annual income and new housing, some jobs guarding a dump, sw pool etc, have the right to approve a dump when it is the next 1000 generations who may have to do repair work, or wear the impact of leakage? Who should decide?
Land rights are one thing, self determination another great principle, but what happens when the guardians simply want their people to have an acceptable standard of living and are sick of watching babies die, and sign anything?
Vermont sets precedent for other states in blocking nuclear power
The vote offers an example for companion initiatives in other states.
(USA) Vermont Vote Signals Nuclear Retreat and Sets Precedent for Other States’ Action
Beyond Nuclear 27 Feb 2010, “..the Vermont State Senate voted 26 to 4 to block federal relicensing of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant operated by its parent company Entergy Nuclear. The vote is an overwhelming statement of “no confidence” Continue reading
ANSTO Should store its own nuclear waste at Lucas Heights
requiring ANSTO to store its own waste is the best — and perhaps the only — way of focusing the organisation’s collective mind on the importance of waste minimisation principles.
Ferguson to Dump Nuc lear Waste on Soft Target New Matilda, By Natalie Wasley 24 Feb 2010, Continue reading
Vermont State votes to shut down nuclear plant
Vermont Senate Votes to Shut Down Nuclear Plant Politics Daily 25 Feb 2010, Just a week after President Obama called for a revitalization of the nation’s nuclear industry, the Vermont Senate voted to deny a license extension for the state’s only nuclear power plant.
Senators voted 26 to 4 Wednesday to shut down the Vermont Yankee plant, citing radioactive leaks, misstatements in testimony by officials, and other problems, The New York Times reported. Vermont Yankee’s license expires in March 2012……….Unless the state Senate reverses itself, it would be the first time in more than two decades that the public or elected officials decided to close a nuclear reactor, according to the Times.
Vermont Senate Votes to Shut Down Nuclear Plant — Politics Daily
Shameful politics behind Rudd govt’s new radioactive waste policy
This legislation fails to honour federal Labor’s clear pre- election promise and existing policy position
Radioactive politics ABC The Drum Unleashed -25 Feb 2010, Continue reading
Put Nuclear Waste at Lucas Heights, Not Aboriginal Land – Says Medical Body
MAPW believes that the safest current option for management of this toxic waste is likely to be continued storage at the Lucas Heights nuclear reactor.”
The Medical Association for Prevention of War notes with concern today’s announcement by Energy Minister Martin Ferguson that the Australian Government will pursue Muckaty Station in the Northern Territory as the preferred site for a nuclear waste dump. Continue reading
Australian Women Walk to Oppose Nuclear Waste Dump
“Most of the indigenous people of central Australia are opposed to a nuclear waste dump on their land and we need to stand by them. Opposing the nuclear industry is vital to supporting safe and peaceful future.”
Women’s Peace Walk to Take People’s Opposition to Nuke Dump to Canberra | Indymedia Australia 24 Feb 2010 Continue reading
Aboriginal people across Australia will fight radioactive waste transport and dumping
only some people agreed to the dump “because they saw the dollar sign”. Although Elders had long warned that the radiation is dangerous,
“Aborigines from across the country will fight nuclear dumping” Goodooga, northwest NSW, 24 February 10 – Aboriginal people will be called from all over Australia to protest in the Northern Territory against any movement of nuclear waste across their traditional lands, an Aboriginal activist says. Continue reading
Fifty Years Later – U.S. Uranium Mining Areas Still Too “Hot”
Enviros: Uranium mines still too hot CYNDY COLE AZ Daily Sun , February 20,
Local environmentalists said Thursday’s findings on past uranium mining confirmed what they suspected: That it led to uranium contamination on the Arizona Strip north of the Grand Canyon, and that mining is not safe. Continue reading
United Nations Envoy Condemns Australian Govt’s Aboriginal “Intervention”
Professor Anaya also criticised compulsory land takeovers proceeded without consent,
UN envoy demands changes to ‘racist’ intervention, Sydney Morning Herald, YUKO NARUSHIMA , February 25, 2010 Continue reading
Maralinga Victims: Aboriginal Class Action Proceeding
Aboriginal Victims to Sue British over nuclear tests February 21, 2010 PodOmatic | Podcast – 2SER’s Razors Edge Five aboriginal people affected by nuclear tests at Emu Field in 1953 have begun legal proceedings in the UK Continue reading
Legal action on aboriginal nuclear test victims
SPECIAL COMMUNITY MEETINGS Potential Australian Nuclear Tests Victims, Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement Inc. Coober Pedy Regional Times 23 Feb 2010, In June 2009, the English Courts ruled that military personnel and their families affected by the Nuclear Tests conducted in Australia in the 1950s and 1960s were entitled to bring personal injuries actions against the United Kingdom Government. Continue reading
1 This month
of the week – Disrupting War & Militarism in Oceania. Active solidarity. Radical practice.
Antinuclear 