AUKUS nuclear waste to be stored in Port Adelaide

[Interstater]

This makes the AFL look like nice guys in comparison.

Butler has to go for allowing this on his watch.

One leak, one bloody leak, and SA's reputation for fresh quality food is Chernobyled.
What is the point of defending this country when our own politicians are attacking it from the inside?

'It's madness': Residents just learned nuclear waste from AUKUS subs would be stored locally

The $368 billion AUKUS pact is promising to return submarine construction to Australia. But residents have just learned the deal also means nuclear waste will be stored on their doorstep.

www.abc.net.au

 

[davesnothere]

All's I can think of is mutant Ken.

 

[Interstater]

All's I can think of is mutant Ken.

This isn't a joke mate, this is Maralinga'ing the homeland.

It's like opening the doors to your home each weekend and putting a big sign out the front saying:
"Feel free to come in and shit on my carpet"

Yes I know everyone will work very hard to be careful, but one leak (you know cos humans are human) and the perception and possibly the reality is that area is fkd.

Vote green for Hindmarsh in the Federal election or lube up.

 

[GremioPower]

There isn’t much space in South Adelaide to store it, I imagine.

 

[TazD]

It's not like they're going to be tossing it in the a local recycling bin.

The secrecy is a no-no tho.

 

[WillemDaDrew]

This isn't a joke mate, this is Maralinga'ing the homeland.

It's like opening the doors to your home each weekend and putting a big sign out the front saying:
"Feel free to come in and shit on my carpet"

Yes I know everyone will work very hard to be careful, but one leak (you know cos humans are human) and the perception and possibly the reality is that area is fkd.

Vote green for Hindmarsh in the Federal election or lube up.

Got to look at the positives here.

Having 3 eyed Dolphin's swimming around in the Port River will be a major tourist attraction.

 

[tribey]

It's not like they're going to be tossing it in the a local recycling bin.

Given the amount of uranium we have and are happy to export, it makes all the sense in the world to build a proper disposal facility in the middle of nowhere — and make money hand over fist storing most of the world’s waste.

Instead it’ll remain a hysteria issue and we’ll continue to store low-level waste in places that are unfit for purpose (ie hospital and university basements), and now this military waste in metro Adelaide.

 

[Fizzler]

Eugh, as if AUKUS wasn’t bad enough. Is there any reason why this is being stored in close proximity to a city? Surely the risk of fallout outweighs the positives of it being a bit easier to access? Is climate the issue?

 

[PowerBaz]

But isn't nuclear waste stored already at many many sites around Adelaide like hospitals etc?

 

[just_kick_it]

All's I can think of is mutant Ken.

Ken, Kock, Davis and Richo

 

[TazD]

Given the amount of uranium we have and are happy to export, it makes all the sense in the world to build a proper disposal facility in the middle of nowhere — and make money hand over fist storing most of the world’s waste.

Instead it’ll remain a hysteria issue and we’ll continue to store low-level waste in places that are unfit for purpose (ie hospital and university basements), and now this military waste in metro Adelaide.

LOL. The conversations I've had here in Port Augusta over the proposed waste dump would melt your mind.

 

[Grave Danger]

The Libs have probably still got a warehouse full of STOP THE BOATS t-shirts that this protest group could use...

 

[TazD]

Mark Bulter and Albo hiding their chinaman death machine waste in the Ports dogging park

 

[Chrizzt]

This isn't a joke mate, this is Maralinga'ing the homeland.

It's like opening the doors to your home each weekend and putting a big sign out the front saying:
"Feel free to come in and shit on my carpet"

Yes I know everyone will work very hard to be careful, but one leak (you know cos humans are human) and the perception and possibly the reality is that area is fkd.

Vote green for Hindmarsh in the Federal election or lube up.

It could have been stored at a proper, well-maintained, and high security storage facility up north, but the greens had to go about spreading misinformation and scare stories to the local indigenous population up there to get them to oppose it.

Voting for the greens isn't going to solve the issue, it's going to make sure the issue remains unresolved ad nauseam.

 

[El_Scorcho]

Is there an example anywhere in the world of stored nuclear waste causing harm to humans or the environment?

I'm a greens voter but some nuclear waste is necessary and we already store it in Adelaide, as well as much more dangerous chemicals and waste.

I think this is generally a mountain out of a molehill and we should probably just have a big storage facility in the vast expanses of nothingness in the north of the state. And i'm a Greens voter.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

WA just won the rights to maintain the nuclear sub and are expanding the docks at Henderson just south of Freo in preparation of doing the work.

That seems to be the logical place to store it, rather than transporting it several thousand kms after its been taken off the sub.

Thousands of jobs set to be created at new Perth defence shipbuilding and submarine maintenance precinct

The Henderson shipyard will house a multi-billion-dollar defence precinct for naval shipbuilding and servicing of AUKUS nuclear-powered submarines, creating an industry the state government claims will rival WA's massive resources sector.

www.abc.net.au

Western Australia's Henderson shipyard will house a multi-billion-dollar defence precinct for naval shipbuilding and servicing of AUKUS nuclear-powered submarines to create an industry the state government claims will rival the state's massive resources industry.

The Collins class submarine maintenance contract will remain in Adelaide, but the nation's new nuclear submarines will be serviced at Henderson.

 

[Contested Marx]