All so that the Liberal and National Parties can say they’re not the same as the Labor Party when it comes to energy policy. The most cynical branding exercise I have ever seen in Australian politics. Once again, they are insulting the intelligence of the electorate.
Did Dutton provide us with the costs of radioactive waste storage, long term security for every redundant nuclear plant for a quarter of a million years? We would all be paying & so would a thousand generations to come
Knowing where his loyalties lie. He’d definitely dump it either where poor people live, the immigrant concentration camps, or somewhere he thinks the “woke” live.
The problem with the whole nuclear power issue in Australia is that it is being raised by the party that really doesn't accept climate change and has a record of trying to implement significant technology on the cheap and bungling it. It would not be allowed to replace coal.
The US version of this question went to the Supreme Court in 1985 when New York State sued the federal government for violation of the 10th amendment with passage of the Low Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act. NY-- and NIMBYs-- won.
The US spent Billions building the Yucca Mountain facility to handle the entire country's nuclear waste for centuries. It still sits empty.
Despite how safe and reinforced the transportation containers are, public opposition stops even considering the interstate transport.
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I hope you'll find a satisfactory solution. Such a messy issue.
Despite how safe and reinforced the transportation containers are, public opposition stops even considering the interstate transport.