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"Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s pledge to build seven nuclear energy plants,
if elected, has triggered heated political debate – mostly about the costs and
timetable of the plan. But the concept of nuclear energy in Australia must
overcome an arguably even bigger hurdle: how to dispose of high-level nuclear
waste.
Nuclear power is only a viable alternative to fossil fuel burning if there is
somewhere to store the waste – and only if this can be done safely, without
exorbitant cost and with community support.
A CSIRO analysis last month showed there is no economic argument for nuclear
energy in Australia, even without considering the substantial cost of waste
disposal and storage. Include waste in the maths, and the Coalition’s proposal
looks a whole lot worse.
What’s more, nuclear power stations produce high-level radioactive waste. It is
dangerous for hundreds of thousands of years — and so far, the world has failed
to deliver a safe, permanent storage method. Is this a problem Australia really
wants to take on?"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
