{"id":13357,"date":"2023-07-01T11:40:08","date_gmt":"2023-07-01T01:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rationalemagazine.com\/?p=13357"},"modified":"2023-07-01T11:47:12","modified_gmt":"2023-07-01T01:47:12","slug":"nudging-us-into-a-nuclear-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rationalemagazine.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/01\/nudging-us-into-a-nuclear-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Nudging us into a nuclear industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-excerpt\">\n    <p>Editor\u2019s note: If you would like to submit a letter for possible publication, please email it to editor@rationalist.com.au. See our\u00a0Publishing Guidelines.\nDear Editor,\nI was concerned about Dave Collins\u2019 article, \u2018The case for going nuclear\u2019, published on 16 May 2023.\nI worry that pro-nuclear lobbyists are trying to nudge us into a nuclear industry. It started with the deal for Australia accepting and building nuclear-powered submarines. I fear that scheme is also aimed at softening us up to accept storage of high-grade nuclear waste, and then a nuclear power industry, not to mention more uranium mining.\nOne has to ask, \u2018Whose interests are being served?\u2019\nThere is already a plan to store Australian medium-level nuclear waste in Kimba, South Australia, against the wishes of the local Barngarla traditional owners and some local farmers.\nThe AUKUS submarine deal with the US and the UK has, it seems, been manipulated by the infiltration of the previous Prime Minister\u2019s government by nuclear powered submarine interests in the form of Crosby\/Textor.\nWith nuclear power, there is always the risk of a nuclear accident and the inestimable environmental damage that involves \u2013 think Chernobyl and Fukushima.\nWith any nuclear energy facilities, there is also risk of proliferation of nuclear armaments production, legal and illegal.\nIn addition, I believe Collins\u2019 article contains many untruths. 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