Sally's Flat nuclear waste dump.....

[Heatho]

Just rerading in the paper this morning that the government is planning six nuclear waste depots for Australia, Sally's Flat will be one of them, only 15km from Hill End.

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-polit...lear-waste-dump-revealed-20151112-gkx8mo.html

 

[AtomRat]

Gah... ridiculous. WILL be? No choice whatsoever..wonder how long it will take for the mutations to bloody start then

Nuclear waste decomposes in millions of years after we die.

 

[Digger Danny]

I think they are talking about Inglewood in QLD also, not good.

Cheers, DD

 

[Christos57]

There is a great place to store nuclear waste depots, its a little place called Canberra, dump it on their door steps and see if they would put up with it

 

[Tathradj]

They have enough room uner capital hill to store for years. :lol: :lol:

 

[Digger Danny]

There is a great place to store nuclear waste depots, its a little place called Canberra, dump it on their door steps and see if they would put up with it

That is where they pretend to manage this great country, find out where they live and their children live and where their investments are and dump it there.

Cheers, DD

 

[Ramjet]

The way I heard it on the ABC radio is that this is a list of the top 6. ONE location will be chosen by the end of 2016.

 

[Bacchus]

There are two debates here and I think people are getting them confused , it's a hot topic here in SA as we are running a Royal Commission into the production of nuclear power and the storage of the high level waste that will result from its findings to be released in 2017 which is a seperate issue. Australia currently produces no high level waste.

The current debate is about developing one central facility to house the Low Level waste produced for medical purposes which we are living with already , it is currently stored in the basements of Hospitals , Universities and Government Departments.
In the Adelaide CBD alone there is 137 such sites for this low level waste , and around the country over 100 designated to house intermediate level waste on an interim basis

Each week 10,000 patient doses of nuclear based medicines are administered in Australian hospitals 85 percent of which are produced at Lucas Heights , the intermediate waste is reprocessed and sent for storage in France , UK and the USA. This will be returned for storage at the National facility.

I wonder how the French , Poms and Yanks feel about housing our current intermediate waste , we now have the technology and non seismic areas to house our own waste and I believe we have an obligation to do so.

High level waste is another issue though

Information from Environment Protection Authority.

 

[Jaros]

I have visions of night-time detectorists walking around with a bright glow coming from their bodies-light free.
I haven't had a drink!!!
Jaros :/

 

[user 5415]

There are two debates here and I think people are getting them confused , it's a hot topic here in SA as we are running a Royal Commission into the production of nuclear power and the storage of the high level waste that will result from its findings to be released in 2017 which is a seperate issue. Australia currently produces no high level waste.

The current debate is about developing one central facility to house the Low Level waste produced for medical purposes which we are living with already , it is currently stored in the basements of Hospitals , Universities and Government Departments.
In the Adelaide CBD alone there is 137 such sites for this low level waste , and around the country over 100 designated to house intermediate level waste on an interim basis

Each week 10,000 patient doses of nuclear based medicines are administered in Australian hospitals 85 percent of which are produced at Lucas Heights , the intermediate waste is reprocessed and sent for storage in France , UK and the USA. This will be returned for storage at the National facility.

I wonder how the French , Poms and Yanks feel about housing our current intermediate waste , we now have the technology and non seismic areas to house our own waste and I believe we have an obligation to do so.

High level waste is another issue though

Information from Environment Protection Authority.

Correct, as we don't manufacture or produce intermediate to high level waste here and transporting it internationally is not currently done, although I'm sure it's being discussed and if they can make money will be on the agenda.
I'd be very careful of the greens propaganda on the subject, most of the areas suggested already have radiation readings that are naturally occurring and in some cases more dangerous to long term exposure than the prescribed waste intended for storage.

Further to add to the discussion.

Less people have died from nuclear power generation than solar or wind generation, that's including fukushima, chernobyl and 3 mile island and the death total from coal is staggering

Fact - the fukushima reactor was 20 years past it's original use by date and was coming to the end of it's last 5 year operating license when the tsunami struck, unfortunately no one knows what would have happened with up to date technology and latest practices or has it even been discussed if that's the why, only the what's and with all technology, especially in control and back up systems have got alot more robust since 1971 when the reactor was first commissioned.

 

[Gold trooper]

There is a great place to store nuclear waste depots, its a little place called Canberra, dump it on their door steps and see if they would put up with it

Hey, real folk live in ACT.

You will barely find a polli living here. They all fly in and fly out

 

[Parks]

Have you ever read the story of Radioactive Boy Scout? http://www.dangerouslaboratories.org/radscout.html

 

[AtomRat]

Have you ever read the story of Radioactive Boy Scout? http://www.dangerouslaboratories.org/radscout.html

I'm a massive fan of that bloke Parks

He still got his radiation badge! And scabs to pick!

 

[DrDuck]

All in favor of it myself, as well as the construction of 4th gen reactors that can burn up all the high level waste and create cheap and reliable electricity. Much better investment than expensive and ineffective renewables.

 

[Parks]

Have you ever read the story of Radioactive Boy Scout? http://www.dangerouslaboratories.org/radscout.html

I'm a massive fan of that bloke Parks

He still got his radiation badge! And scabs to pick!

He's a classic!

 

[ozziii]

They tried to make a nuclear waste dump near Corowa (NSW) years ago, back in the 90's, there was huge protests & rallies, in the end the people won. They are still trying somewhere to put them, cost to much to put it in the middle of no-where so they'd rather put in on everyones door step just to save a few dollars.

 

[Parks]

All in favor of it myself, as well as the construction of 4th gen reactors that can burn up all the high level waste and create cheap and reliable electricity. Much better investment than expensive and ineffective renewables.

Yeh new designs in reactors make them very safe in regards to meltdown

 

[aussiefarmer]

They are already sending sydneys garbage out into the country by the train load why not some radio active crud as well .
Nuclear power is the best option except I wouldn't trust the clowns that run this country with any thing more dangerous than a AAA battery.
If the city people had to drive past the waste they create every day maybe they would be more aware of how much they waste be it rubbish or electricity.
All nuclear waste should be put in a rocket and sent to the sun , but knowing murphys law the rocket would explode mid atmosphere .

 

[Parks]

Hey did anyone see that program on the chemical and biological weapons storage facility that was just out of Sydney during WW2? One chap who was working there was moving some stuff and got a sweat drop fall into his eye. It blinded him for a month.

 

[condor22]

We are talking about low level medical waste etc as stated above.

I think a more immediate issue is the pollution we all suffer from coal fired power stations, badly serviced diesel trucks to name but 2 of many more we live with now!