Wrap up of the week’s nuclear news

Australia

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Radioactive waste dump. Aborigines’ legal battle continues, against nuclear waste dumping at Muckaty Station. Public Health Association of Australia says it is not needed for medical wastes. Liberal M.P. Andrew Thomson wants Australia to import and store radioactive debris from Japan.

Liberal and Labor parties getting indistinguishable from each other. They voted together for the waste dump. They voted together to support Australia buying USA nuclear submarines – and then they voted together again to reverse that vote! Liberal Party praising Bob Carr for his being pro nuclear. It’s a mutual admiration political society.
They also agreed on the importance of the Nuclear non Proliferation Treaty (NPT) - but both still happy to sell uranium to India (a non signatory to the NPT)

Lynas - Australian rare earths corporation still much in the news, and getting more so, as it is an election issue in Malaysia. And did they agree to return radioactive wastes to Australia?

ANSTO – in the poo for having bullied their employees, in order to shut them up about radiation and health concerns.

Victoria: With the rhineros hide of a man “born to rule”, Premier Baillieu ignores the economic and job prospects of renewable energy for Victoria, and prevents new wind projects, while forging ahead with dirty brown coal.

International:

India is the critical place. Is the world aware of India’s crushing repression of Koodankulam anti nuclear protests? Protest leaders are now committed to fast until death, hundreds arrested, as thousands of police confront the peaceful gathering of rural people, church leaders, academics in the anti nuclear gathering . Meanwhile, India develops a family of nuclear capable missiles, leasing a Russian nuclear submarine to add to its 2 existing nuclear subs.

Nuclear industry slowdown: Czech Republic and Bulgaria now probably abandoning their too expensive nuclear projects. South Koreans are becoming unsure of nuclear safety, despite government reassurances. Switzerland court orders shutdown of Mühleberg nuclear power station.

UK - 102 top business leaders urge Prime Minister to back renewable energy. Globally renewable energy taking off in a big way – China is the leader. Also in UK, a move to investigate the 1984 mysterious murder of an anti nuclear campaigner who was about to give evidence on the Sizewell nuclear site.

Taiwan The Tao Aborigines of Lanyu are caught up in a poisonous bargain, as livelihoods and basic services depend now on their hosting a nuclear waste dump. This is what could happen to Australia’s Aborigines. China: concerns over the secrecy and safety of China’s nuclear power, as govt admits to 14 ‘problem areas’

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Christina Macpherson
Antinuclear Australia
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