Click below for A sobering item from the US on waste as West Australia considers allowing uranium mining against the wishes of voters.
We need also to remember that in the years it will take to build any sparkling new nuclear power stations, the world economic dynamic will have changed so that truly clean and renewable alternatives are a lot more competitive and practical.
Please comment on whether we in W.A. should mine Uranium and send it overseas, sometimes to nuclear armed countries with unstable governments and with no clear direction on how to deal with waste that will still be deadly in thousands of years.
For other info on our “friend” uranium Google “depleted uranium Iraq” – be careful if you’re a sensitive soul – it’s not pretty and it’s very real for the children and families affected.
People in WA are now gearing up to remind the Barnett Govenrment why this state has been free from Uranium mining and nuclear power all these years – watch this space! You may also like to visit this youtube link
Nuclear waste dogs US energy policy
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0306/p02s01-usgn.html
Yucca Mountain was supposed to be where the highly toxic material was sent. But Obama’s energy budget leaves it out.
By Gail Russell Chaddock | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor from the March 6, 2009 editionFiled under: australia, barack obama, conservation, development, education, health legislation, make a difference, mining, nuclear energy, perth, president, social justice, technology, uranium mining, western australia, world heritage | Tagged: alternative energy, atomic energy, energy, geothermal energy, nuclear, nuclear waste, renewables, rfenewable energy, solar, solar thermal, solar thermal energy, sustainability, tidal power, uranium, uranium mining, US Nuclear, USA, wind power | 5 Comments »