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• Upside Down Down Under

  Nuclear power, based on existing technologies, still has all its original problems: proliferation of nuclear weapons, terrorism, lack of long-term waste management, rare but catastrophic accidents and huge economic costs. All except the risk of accidents are worse now than in the 1970s. In several decades, as high-grade uranium is used up, nuclear power will also become a substantial emitter of carbon... Posted Oct 14 2009, 04:00 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Uranium, Australia, Nuclear, reliability, capacity, demand, power, energy

• What Is Art?: A Debate Down Under

  " What is art? " A long-time favorite answer of mine to this unanswerable question comes from the venerable English philosopher Keith Richards : "As far as I'm concerned, 'Art' is just short for 'Arthur.'" The aboriginal people of Alice Springs , in the Northern Territory of Australia, are a little less cheeky in their definition of art; reacting strongly this... Posted Jun 11 2009, 01:01 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Australia, Nuclear, Keith Richards

• Getting Right Side Up Down Under

  Watching Australia come to grips with nuclear energy is like watching Mr. Hyde fighting not to become Dr. Jekyll - the struggle is intense but perhaps not wise. Let Ziggy Switkowski  (and doesn't that seem like a name right out of Laverne and Shirley!),  chairman of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, explain it to you : MALCOLM Turnbull [leader of the Liberals... Posted Nov 25 2008, 03:10 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Australia

• A Filter that Can Trap Radiation from Used Nuclear Fuel

  I can't quite tell how practical this could be since the article makes no mention of the exact cost nor how much quantity is needed per year per plant to absorb the radioactive ions, but here's the latest development : AUSTRALIAN researchers say they have created a low-cost material to filter and safely store nuclear waste. The potential breakthrough for the environment was made by a team of... Posted Sep 19 2008, 01:20 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Australia, Filters, new technology

• Australian Frustration Over Nuclear Energy

  Leslie Kemeny at the Canberra Times notes that Australia is badly lagging the G8 in its refusal to consider nuclear energy for its energy needs : Don Argus, chairman of BHP Billiton [which deals in coal and petroleum among other things; we thought it might include uranium in its portfolio, but no], exhorted delegates to ''start talking seriously about using the country's vast uranium resources... Posted Sep 15 2008, 04:33 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Australia

• Australia's Big Coal Ad Against Nuclear Power

  Rod Adams received this ad from a fellow blogger the other day and posted about it . It is a very straightforward effort by the coal industry to scare people about nuclear power - not really so much about the typical aspects of nuclear power that some try to use to instill fear, but the threat that nuclear power poses to coal mining jobs. This kind of ad can only work in a place like Queensland that... Posted Aug 28 2008, 08:10 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Australia