Uranium sales to be discussed at Obama’s visit to Australia
the US will consider importing Australian uranium now that Mr Obama is pushing for more nuclear power stations to be built.
‘I’d have to kill you’: Obama trip details stay secret, By Rick Hind ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Feb 19, 2010
The US ambassador to Australia says he cannot reveal whether US President Barack Obama will visit Darwin or Uluru during his visit to Australia next month.
On his first visit to Darwin, ambassador Jeff Bleich remained tight-lipped on whether the Obama family will visit the Northern Territory…….He says the US will consider importing Australian uranium now that Mr Obama is pushing for more nuclear power stations to be built.
Violent political upheaval in uranium-rich Niger
Armed soldiers storm Niger presidential palace – in the uranium-rich al-Qaeda haven, West African country Islamization watch 18 Feb 2010
Armed soldiers storm Niger presidential palace ~ in the uranium-rich, al-Qaeda haven, West African country
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Australia: Rudd govt failing on nuclear dump promise
Northern Territory could get nuclear dump next week: ACF ABC News Alice Springs By Louisa Rebgetz 19 Feb 2010
The Australian Conservation Foundation says it expects the Federal Government to announce as early as next week that a nuclear waste dump will be built in the Northern Territory.
The Government has so far failed to deliver on its election promise to repeal legislation which has the power to force a waste dump on the Territory.
The ACF’s Dave Sweeney says the only sites still under consideration are in the Territory. Continue reading
Areva getting out of an Australian uranium project
WA stock values fall in January WA Business News Finance: 17-February-
Berkeley Resources announced it had terminated its head of agreements signed in March 2006 with French nuclear power group Areva NC. In doing so, any rights previously granted to Areva for off-take or marketing of uranium production from Berkeley’s projects have been terminated with immediate effect,….
Uranium price outlook not too good
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By Rudi Filapek-VandyckFebruary 16 2010Investors and uranium market enthusiasts may want to pay attention as two stockbrokers in Australia used last week’s somewhat disappointing results release by Paladin Energy (PDN) to reiterate their negative view both for uranium companies and for the short term outlook for spot U3O8 prices. Continue readingUranium mining’s damage to the Australian environment
The impact of nuclear testing on the Australian environment | Blog About All 16 Feb 2010 “.……..In the case of Rum Jungle, the pollution of the surrounding environment was quite severe with run off from the tailing damns causing extensive damage in the East Finniss river for several kilometres away from the sight of the mine. Continue reading
Rudd Govt Betrays Australians on Nuclear Waste Dumping
The Australian Government, aided by an inert mainstream media, is lying and cheating Australians. Martin Ferguson and the Rudd Government pretend to change the Howard Government’s laws on nuclear waste, and pretend to have aboriginal support for the dumping of radioactive waste on aboriginal land in the Northern Territory.
Rudd Government, elected on the promise to over-turn discriminatory and anti-environment laws about radioactive waste, is now producing a new and worse version of those laws. (More about Martin Ferguson’s new Bill at.Bernard Keane – Crikey )
Australia is obligated to take back a small amount of radioactive waste from UK and France. That waste originated from the Lucas Heights nuclear reactor in Sydney – and could perfectly well be stored there. Or on Commonwealth land elsewhere in Australia.
New Zealand P.M. had shares in uranium mining
“New Zealand goes to the world and says that it’s nuclear free, we can’t really have our Prime Minister investing in a uranium mining company,”
Key criticised over shares in uranium mining company 3 News NZ By Adam Hollingworth 14 Feb 2010
The Prime Minister is divesting his shares in a company which mines for uranium. Continue reading
Northern Territory Intervention all about Uranium and Nuclear Waste Dumping
Stop the Intervention – Neil E Gillespie, Chief Executive Officer, Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement Inc – 9 February 2010 “I find the continuation of the racist NT Intervention by the Rudd Government disappointing.
I remind everyone that the Intervention is about access to Aboriginal land by business interests (mining) and the location of a dump for uranium waste.
SA, WA and Qld will not accept uranium waste so we are deluding ourselves the Intervention is anything but accessing Aboriginal land in the NT.
It has NOTHING to do with children.If it was about children, then the Intervention would have occurred elsewhere due to the undeniable fact that child abuse per capita is not as significant in the NT as it is in another State. NT is well down the pecking order.My question is why not have an Intervention in that State rather than the NT? The answer is simple. The Federal Govt does not have the Constitutional power to invade a State like it has in the NT.
Australia’s Maralinga Nuclear Veterans dying out, while they wait for justice
Nuclear veterans want better compo deal Sydney Morning Herald MAX BLENKIN 11 Feb 2010
Britain exploded seven atomic bombs in the South Australian outback in 1956-57 but continued the nuclear test program through to May 1963 with a large number of minor trials of items such as nuclear initiators. Continue reading
Angela Pamela uranium mine – a threat to Alice Springs’ water supply?
Uranium mine’s future depends on water supply ABC Rural News , 09/02/2010 The project manager for uranium exploration at the Angela Pamela deposit, 25 kilometres south of Alice Springs, says mining will only go ahead if the company can prove that it won’t harm the town’s water supply.
The Angela Pamela exploration site lies close to the aquifer that supplies the town with water.
Stephan Stander says it won’t be known until the end of this year whether or not Cameco Paladin will apply for a mining licence.”The joint venture partners are committed to the fact that we won’t develop the project or even consider it if we can’t, technically, for ourselves, prove that we won’t impact on the town’s water supply,” he says.
Highly radioactive leaking water continues from Ranger uranium mine
Uranium mine leak ‘5400 times normal level’ – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) By Emma Masters Feb 9, 2010 Contaminated water seeping from a mine in Kakadu National Park has a uranium concentration more than 5,000 times the normal level, a Senate estimates committee has heard.
The Office of the Supervising Scientist is the environmental regulator of the Ranger uranium mine, which is owned by Energy Resources of Australia. Continue reading
Martin Ferguson says No Uranium Sales to India
Australian minister rules out uranium export to India DAWN.COM By Afshan Subohi , 11 Feb, 2010 CANBERRA: The Australian government does not intend to export uranium to India, according to Minister for Resources, Energy and Tourism Martin Ferguson. Continue reading
Olympic Dam uranium mine’s very costly accident
Olympic Dam accident may cost $228m Matt Chambers The Australian February 11, 2010 THE failure of a hoist at BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam copper and uranium mine last October that sent a full skip of ore plummeting hundreds of metres was caused by a computer braking system fault and could cost the company more than $US200 million ($228.6m) in lost profit………
The October 2009 incident has rendered the Clark shaft unusable and sliced 75 per cent of capacity from the big mine at Roxby Downs in South Australia.
Review: AREVA, Climate Policy, Iran’s uranium enrichment
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stralia. Areva takes over Australian solar company. Continuing chaos on Australia’s Climate Change policy, as Rudd dithers over the Greens’ modest carbon tax plan, and Abbott is encouraged, as media publicises cranky extremist views of Lord Monckton. Sustainable Northern Australia report raises debate. W.A. govt refuses to hold public inquiry into uranium industry’s impact.
International: Obama appoints nuclear lobbyist as nuclear safety regulator. France’s AREVA joins powerful Korean nuclear industry competitor, while acquiring several solar companies. Iran ramps up uranium enrichment, while U.S and Israeli hawks preach war. Continuing anxieties over overuse of medical radiation – the week that has been
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