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Federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has given qualified support for
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the establishment of a multi-billion-dollar nuclear waste storage
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repository in South Australia. The South Australian Government has not
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formed a position, either for or against, a proposal for a nuclear
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waste dump that would store more than 10 per cent of the world's
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waste, Premier Jay Weatherill said. A nuclear dump in South Australia
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could take 13 per cent of the world's waste, meeting a "global need",
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and be operational by the end of next decade, an inquiry has found.
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Unprecedented political support is being thrown behind South Australia
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becoming the global storage facility for high-level nuclear waste in
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return for a $445 billion bonanza.
 
   
 
   
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The state’s peak environment body has welcomed the release of a new
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report that questions grandiose claims of an economic bonanza arising
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from the creation of a global nuclear industry in South Australia.
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The report was prepared by leading economic think-tank The Australia
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Institute. The Conservation Council of South Australia commissioned
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The Australia Institute to analyse the submission of Senator Sean
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Edwards to the SA Nuclear Royal Commission.
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   

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*     NukeNews #21 - Anti-Nuclear Information Service      *
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0.  Preface
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Outline of the current NukeNews issue #21
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0.  Preface
1.  Finland: Traffic at and to the Fennovoima-Rosatom's nuke plant
    construction site blocked - again
2.  Uranium news from Western Australia
3.  FRANCKUSHIMA: A graphic essay about Fukushima & nuclear risk in
    France
4.  Australia: Karlamilyi Walk in June
5.  Australia: International Nuclear Waste & SA Royal Commission
XX. Upcoming events
YY. About NukeNews


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1.  Finland: Traffic at and to the Fennovoima-Rosatom's nuke plant
    construction site blocked - again
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January 22nd, 2016 anti-Fennovoima-Rosatom protester's blocked the
traffic after nine o'clock this morning by first standing in front of
the vehicles and after climbing on them.

The beauty of the current situation is the vulnerability of the
construction site itself. What's been done there now is a big-scale
landfill operation - and ther's only one road sturdy enough to carry
those big-ass vehicles in and out of the site. So imagine what happens
when someone by some mens brings that road to a halt? Well. The whole
shit stops from rolling. And that's what we did on 22th of January.
Some concerned citizens climbed on to trucks doing the deliveries,
putting it all to a total halt. And we think we’re gonna keep on doing
this for a bit longer.

Learn more:
https://fennovoima.no.com/en/2016/01/traffic-at-and-to-the-fennovoima-rosatoms-nuke-plant-construction-site-blocked-again/


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2.  Uranium news from Western Australia
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In February submissions to Wiluna uranium mine closed - there were
well over 2,400 submissions lodged with the EPA! Now we're turning our
attention to the Mulga Rock uranium mine proposal... this proposal is
for nine open pits, 15 million litres of water a day, clearing 3,709
ha and leaving behind 30 million tonnes of radioactive tailings. The
project is headed up by Vimy Resources - a company made up of former
FMG execs, execs from the Minderoo Group, former Liberal MPs and 27%
owned by Twiggy Forrest. This is the last of the applications for
uranium mine proposals in WA... for now - but hopefully forever! This
rush of uranium assessments is very much because of the state election
coming up in March 2017. Here in WA there is no bipartisan support for
uranium mining - under a new Government we could send the end to
uranium mining in WA - so these companies are trying to secure some
approval in the hope they will be allowed to mine under a different
Government - this is a good sign that they are worried and that we are
winning.

Learn more:
http://ccwa.org.au/mulgarock


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3.  FRANCKUSHIMA: A graphic essay about Fukushima & nuclear risk in
    France
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March 2016 marks the 5th anniversary of the Fukushima disaster, a
reminder that the nuclear risk is far from being resolved. Indeed,
despite the disaster’s deplorable social and environmental
consequences, it all seems settled, commonplace and already forgotten.
March 2016 also marks the release of the first edition of
Franckushima, a graphic essay of unique journalistic and visual
approach which sheds new light on the Fukushima disaster and nuclear
risk in France. To support the book (in French), preview the work or
find out more, please visit the website :
http://franckushima.com


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4.  Australia: Karlamilyi Walk in June
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Martu elders have opened an invitation for people to join them on an 8
day walk through the Karlamilyi National park in opposition to the
proposed Kintyre uranium mine. "Come with us (Martu) we’ll walk to
stop the uranium mining on our country. We’ll walk through Karlamilyi,
not far, across Karlamilyi river. Walk through Lullapakujarra up to
Punumullara then to Puljcatja - big water, up to Desert Queen Baths
and then Kintyre.”

Registrations are now open for the Karlamilyi Walk in the Pilbara June
2016 - stay posted and get in quick there will be limited spots
available.
https://walkingforcountry.com/karlamalyi-walk/


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5.  Australia: International Nuclear Waste & SA Royal Commission
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Federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has given qualified support for
the establishment of a multi-billion-dollar nuclear waste storage
repository in South Australia. The South Australian Government has not
formed a position, either for or against, a proposal for a nuclear
waste dump that would store more than 10 per cent of the world's
waste, Premier Jay Weatherill said. A nuclear dump in South Australia
could take 13 per cent of the world's waste, meeting a "global need",
and be operational by the end of next decade, an inquiry has found.
Unprecedented political support is being thrown behind South Australia
becoming the global storage facility for high-level nuclear waste in
return for a $445 billion bonanza.

The state’s peak environment body has welcomed the release of a new
report that questions grandiose claims of an economic bonanza arising
from the creation of a global nuclear industry in South Australia.
The report was prepared by leading economic think-tank The Australia
Institute. The Conservation Council of South Australia commissioned
The Australia Institute to analyse the submission of Senator Sean
Edwards to the SA Nuclear Royal Commission.


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XX. Upcoming events
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Feel free to send us your local and international events for the large
upcoming events collection on Nuclear Heritage Network website, and
for this extract in the NukeNews!
http://upcoming.nuclear-heritage.net


March & April 2016:5 years Fukushima disaster & 30 years Chernobyl
                   disaster remembrance 2016
27/02/16 12 PM:    "Stop Trident" national demonstration at Hyde Park
                   Corner, in London (UK)
19/03/16:          Conference on health effects of nuclear disasters -
                   and the way to renewables with speakers from
                   various countries at Mechanics Institute in
                   Manchester (UK)
30/03/16:          Conference on the (non)-nuclearisation of the
                   Middle-East in Clermont-Ferrand (F)
15/04/16-16/04/16: international scientific conference "Chernobyl
                   accident and society: 30 years after catastrophe"
                   in Minsk (BY)
05/04/16:          international anti-nuclear conference in Prague
                   (CZ)
22/04/16-01/05/16: Reclaim The Cape action week in Pyhäjoki (FIN)
10/05/16-12/05/16: annual meeting of the German nuclear lobby:
                   "Jahrestagung Kerntechnik 2016" at CCH - Congress
                   Center Hamburg in Hamburg (D)
17/05/16-19/05/16: Health Effects of Chernobyl: Prediction and Actual
                   Data 30 Years after the Accident in Obninsk (RUS)
August 2016:       Walkatjurra Walkabout (AUS)


http://www.nuclear-heritage.net/index.php/5_years_Fukushima_disaster_%26_30_years_Chernobyl_disaster_remembrance_2016
https://www.facebook.com/events/160801110932716/
http://www.nuclear-heritage.net/index.php/Finland:_Reclaim_The_Cape_action_week
http://radiation-and-risk.com/index.php/en/info-letter


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YY. About NukeNews
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