Возможные перспективы атомной промышленности Австралии
Южная Австралия открыла окно Овертона в ядерную энергетику
Внезапно, после "ни за что, никогда и ни в коем случае", один из штатов Австралии назначил королевскую комиссию по вопросу "возможной роли штата в производстве ядерной энергии". Формулировки выбраны предельно демократичные и дистанцированные, а статус комиссии настолько высоким, чтобы неизбежная истерика зелёных не похоронила инициативу на следующий день. Это не первая такая инициатива, но прошлые были на федеральном или корпоративном уровнях, и бешенные зелёные совместно с политическими оппортунистами их буквально затоптали.
Премьер штата сообщил что жителям штата должна быть дана возможность обдумать практические, финансовые и этические аспекты участия в ядерной энергетике. "У нас есть крупнейшие залежи урана в мире, и после 25 лет добычи урана пора "по-взрослому" и серьёзно обсудить будущую роль Южной Австралии в ядерной промышленности," -- однако в прошлом не удавалось ни по-взрослому, ни серьёзно. Это будет первая подобная королевская комиссия в Австралии. Она рассмотрит возможности и риски участия штата в добыче, обогащении, выработке энергии и захоронении отходов производства мирной ядерной энергетики.
Немыслимое стало радикальным, чтобы возможно стать приемлемым. Однако есть маленький пустячок: кроме добычи урановой руды и эксплуатации одного полностью импортного исследовательского реактора, у Австралии (не только Южной) нет абсолютно никаких собственных возможностей иметь хоть какую-то роль в ядерной энергетике. Но такие инициативы без причины не возникают, и без поддержки не имеют шансов. С учётом роста военных рисков, может оказаться полезным организовать в удалённой от военных рисков Австралии обогатительное производство в чьих-то интересах.
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australia nuclear power royal commission 2015 South Australia
Sunday 8 February 2015
A uranium mine in outback South Australia. Photograph: Colin Murty/AFP/Getty Images
http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/feb/08/south-australia-announces-nuclear-power-royal-commission
http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/news/national/sa-to-hold-nuclear-power-royal-commission/story-fnjbnvyg-1227212007284
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2015/02/08/sa-hold-nuclear-power-royal-commission
Nuclear Australia in recent years:
1976 A new Liberal federal government gave conditional approval for the Ranger, Olympic Dam and Narbarlek uranium mines to proceed.
1977 The anti-nuclear movement attracted up to 50,000 marchers in Australian cities. Sections of the anti-uranium movement campaigned for the ALP in marginal seats at the federal election.
1983 The Bob Hawke-led Labor Party swept to power federally and enacted the "three uranium mines" policy the following year, restricting uranium mining to existing mines. The policy was notionally intended to phase out uranium mining in the longer term after the closure of the current mines.
1984 The Nuclear Disarmament Party won a Senate seat. The ALP national conference gave support to visits of nuclear warships to Australian ports. Then the government decided to resume uranium sales to France.
1984 A royal commission was established in response to health concerns in the Aboriginal community over British nuclear testing in South Australia. The commission found the test site had been left heavily contaminated and recommended the land be rehabilitated and returned to its traditional owners.
1987 The nation's atomic agency became the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation and was given a task of environmental research and producing radioisotopes for hospitals.
1996 The new Howard government dumped the Labor "three mines" policy.
1998 A proposal by an international consortium Pangea Resources to establish a nuclear waste dump in Australia was leaked to the media. The plan, to store 20 per cent of the world's spent nuclear fuel and weapons material at a Western Australian site, was publicly condemned and abandoned.
2000 The Ranger mine in the Northern Territory and the Olympic Dam mine in South Australia continued to operate, but Narbarlek closed. A third uranium mine, Beverley in SA, was operating. Several advanced projects, such as Honeymoon in SA, Jabiluka in the Northern Territory and Yeelirrie in WA were on hold because of political and Indigenous opposition.
A large scale clean-up was completed in outback South Australia after nuclear testing during the 1950s contaminated the remote region. The clean-up work took three years and cost more than $100 million. Questions were asked about the methods and success of the clean-up.
2004 The Federal Court ruled the Commonwealth had breached the law when it compulsorily acquired land in South Australia intended as a dump for nuclear waste. It led the federal government to abandon its plan for a national waste dump.
2005 The Senate passed a motion opposing nuclear power in Australia. The Federal Government overrode the Northern Territory and took control of the approval process for new uranium mines.
After the 2007 election, federal Labor legislated on radioactive waste management. A fight has persisted over plans for a dump in the Northern Territory and the Federal Government is running out of time to find a safe nuclear waste site.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-08/nuclear-issues-royal-commission-jay-weatherill/6078260
Inspiring Australia National strategy for science engagement http://inspiringaustralia.net.au/
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation http://www.ansto.gov.au/
Nuclear energy policy by country http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_energy_policy_by_country
Category:Lists of Australian media http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Lists_of_Australian_media
Category:Lists of newspapers in Australia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Lists_of_newspapers_in_Australia
List of newspapers in Australia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_Australia
List of magazines in Australia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_magazines_in_Australia
Внезапно, после "ни за что, никогда и ни в коем случае", один из штатов Австралии назначил королевскую комиссию по вопросу "возможной роли штата в производстве ядерной энергии". Формулировки выбраны предельно демократичные и дистанцированные, а статус комиссии настолько высоким, чтобы неизбежная истерика зелёных не похоронила инициативу на следующий день. Это не первая такая инициатива, но прошлые были на федеральном или корпоративном уровнях, и бешенные зелёные совместно с политическими оппортунистами их буквально затоптали.
Премьер штата сообщил что жителям штата должна быть дана возможность обдумать практические, финансовые и этические аспекты участия в ядерной энергетике. "У нас есть крупнейшие залежи урана в мире, и после 25 лет добычи урана пора "по-взрослому" и серьёзно обсудить будущую роль Южной Австралии в ядерной промышленности," -- однако в прошлом не удавалось ни по-взрослому, ни серьёзно. Это будет первая подобная королевская комиссия в Австралии. Она рассмотрит возможности и риски участия штата в добыче, обогащении, выработке энергии и захоронении отходов производства мирной ядерной энергетики.
Немыслимое стало радикальным, чтобы возможно стать приемлемым. Однако есть маленький пустячок: кроме добычи урановой руды и эксплуатации одного полностью импортного исследовательского реактора, у Австралии (не только Южной) нет абсолютно никаких собственных возможностей иметь хоть какую-то роль в ядерной энергетике. Но такие инициативы без причины не возникают, и без поддержки не имеют шансов. С учётом роста военных рисков, может оказаться полезным организовать в удалённой от военных рисков Австралии обогатительное производство в чьих-то интересах.
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australia nuclear power royal commission 2015 South Australia
Sunday 8 February 2015
A uranium mine in outback South Australia. Photograph: Colin Murty/AFP/Getty Images
http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/feb/08/south-australia-announces-nuclear-power-royal-commission
http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/news/national/sa-to-hold-nuclear-power-royal-commission/story-fnjbnvyg-1227212007284
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2015/02/08/sa-hold-nuclear-power-royal-commission
Nuclear Australia in recent years:
1976 A new Liberal federal government gave conditional approval for the Ranger, Olympic Dam and Narbarlek uranium mines to proceed.
1977 The anti-nuclear movement attracted up to 50,000 marchers in Australian cities. Sections of the anti-uranium movement campaigned for the ALP in marginal seats at the federal election.
1983 The Bob Hawke-led Labor Party swept to power federally and enacted the "three uranium mines" policy the following year, restricting uranium mining to existing mines. The policy was notionally intended to phase out uranium mining in the longer term after the closure of the current mines.
1984 The Nuclear Disarmament Party won a Senate seat. The ALP national conference gave support to visits of nuclear warships to Australian ports. Then the government decided to resume uranium sales to France.
1984 A royal commission was established in response to health concerns in the Aboriginal community over British nuclear testing in South Australia. The commission found the test site had been left heavily contaminated and recommended the land be rehabilitated and returned to its traditional owners.
1987 The nation's atomic agency became the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation and was given a task of environmental research and producing radioisotopes for hospitals.
1996 The new Howard government dumped the Labor "three mines" policy.
1998 A proposal by an international consortium Pangea Resources to establish a nuclear waste dump in Australia was leaked to the media. The plan, to store 20 per cent of the world's spent nuclear fuel and weapons material at a Western Australian site, was publicly condemned and abandoned.
2000 The Ranger mine in the Northern Territory and the Olympic Dam mine in South Australia continued to operate, but Narbarlek closed. A third uranium mine, Beverley in SA, was operating. Several advanced projects, such as Honeymoon in SA, Jabiluka in the Northern Territory and Yeelirrie in WA were on hold because of political and Indigenous opposition.
A large scale clean-up was completed in outback South Australia after nuclear testing during the 1950s contaminated the remote region. The clean-up work took three years and cost more than $100 million. Questions were asked about the methods and success of the clean-up.
2004 The Federal Court ruled the Commonwealth had breached the law when it compulsorily acquired land in South Australia intended as a dump for nuclear waste. It led the federal government to abandon its plan for a national waste dump.
2005 The Senate passed a motion opposing nuclear power in Australia. The Federal Government overrode the Northern Territory and took control of the approval process for new uranium mines.
After the 2007 election, federal Labor legislated on radioactive waste management. A fight has persisted over plans for a dump in the Northern Territory and the Federal Government is running out of time to find a safe nuclear waste site.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-08/nuclear-issues-royal-commission-jay-weatherill/6078260
Inspiring Australia National strategy for science engagement http://inspiringaustralia.net.au/
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation http://www.ansto.gov.au/
Nuclear energy policy by country http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_energy_policy_by_country
Category:Lists of Australian media http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Lists_of_Australian_media
Category:Lists of newspapers in Australia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Lists_of_newspapers_in_Australia
List of newspapers in Australia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_Australia
List of magazines in Australia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_magazines_in_Australia