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The OPAL neutron reflector “leak”.
Australian Greens senator Scott Ludlam has again this week called for Australia’s 20 MW OPAL research reactor to be closed down, following reports that a minor problem with the neutron reflector in...
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Australia’s coal industry takes public relations up a notch.
Did anybody else see the full page ad in The Age yesterday (Thursday 13th, I think it was page 7 or page 5) courtesy of the Australian Coal Association, telling us how wonderful CCS “clean coal”...
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The fallacy of currently operating “clean coal”: Part 2
Next up we might look at what the coal industry calls “a world-leading low-emissions coal power plant for Queensland” – the ZeroGen project. Through a staged deployment program, the project will first...
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Western Australia lifts uranium mining ban.
Western Australia has lifted the previous Labor government’s effective ban on uranium mining, with immediate effect. The Government’s decision, which has been fully expected ever since the change of...
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Thought for the day.
Of all the G20 nations, there are only a few without nuclear power. There is only one nation among the G20 which has no nuclear power reactors, and has no active interest in implementing them.
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The Australian Government’s domestic solar PV subsidy…
The federal government has recently announced it will scrap the unpopular means test for the federal subsidy for domestic solar PV arrays, which restricted the rebate to households earning less than...
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Clean coal project ‘will fail’ under emissions trading scheme.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/19/2468820.htm Opposition environment spokesman Greg Hunt says a major clean coal project in central Queensland will fail unless the Federal Government...
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Burning money with solar power in Victoria. Again.
It has been announced this week that the Victorian Government will promote renewable energy by spending $100 million to establish a new regional solar power station, subject to the Federal Government...
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Rethinking nuclear power.
ABC Unleashed has recently featured an article by environmentalist Geoffrey Russell; Rethinking Nuclear Power. It’s worth reading. I like the idea of closing down uranium mines, and using existing...
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Blog Action Day
Well, long time no post. I hope all my readers are well. So, apparently today is something called “Blog Action Day“, and this year the topic of interest is anthropogenic forcing of the climate system,...
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