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- Japan to release second batch of wastewater from Fukushima nuclear plant next week Fri, 29 Sep 23, 1:21pmUN-approved release to go ahead despite China’s ban on all Japanese sea imports following first batch
- State-backed disinformation fuelling anger in China over Fukushima water Mon, 4 Sep 23, 9:23pmReports of abusive behaviour towards Japanese citizens in China in response to wastewater release at nuclear site
- Australia’s nuclear waste is scattered in ‘cupboards and filing cabinets’ – and the pile is growing Sat, 29 Jul 23, 1:00amCourts have quashed a decision to store water in Kimbra, meaning there is still no centralised repository in the country
- ABC staff to walk off job next week – as it happened Wed, 15 Mar 23, 6:50pmThis blog is now closed.Paul Keating labels Aukus submarine pact ‘worst deal in all history’ in attack on Albanese governmentGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastActing prime minister...
- Australia news live: Greens to push for repeal of ‘unjust and cruel’ NSW anti-protest laws after Violet Coco jail sentence quashed Wed, 15 Mar 23, 5:00pmFollow the day’s news livePaul Keating labels Aukus submarine pact ‘worst deal in all history’ in attack on Albanese governmentGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastActing prime minister...
- Australia news live: Aukus submarine deal worst Labor decision in more than a century, Keating says Wed, 15 Mar 23, 2:01pmFormer PM says Australia has ‘accommodated the strategic wishes of the United States, uncritically’. Follow the day’s news live
- News live: Federal and South Australian governments sign Aukus cooperation deal as Pocock questions ‘enormous’ cost Wed, 15 Mar 23, 11:01amAgreement on ‘massive endeavour’ includes headline commitment to work together to deliver Aukus project. Follow the day’s news live
- Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a nuclear site – podcast Mon, 16 Jan 23, 4:00pmNothing is produced at Sellafield any more. But making safe what is left behind is an almost unimaginably expensive and complex task that requires us to think not on a human timescale, but a planetary one
- Nuclear is not the answer to the UK’s energy requirements | Letter Tue, 3 Jan 23, 1:21amWe need more honesty about the problems of the proposed Sizewell C plant, writes Rae Street
- We need more honesty on nuclear power’s long legacy of hazardous waste | Letters Fri, 23 Dec 22, 4:15amTom Smith, William Walker and Neil Smith respond to Samanth Subramanian’s long read on the enormous task of dismantling Sellafield
- Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a nuclear site Thu, 15 Dec 22, 5:00pmNothing is produced at Sellafield anymore. But making safe what is left behind is an almost unimaginably expensive and complex task that requires us to think not on a human timescale, but a planetary one
- Tech coalition aiming to create Australian high-powered laser industry with nuclear fusion ambitions Wed, 14 Dec 22, 1:00amProponents say lasers can be used to generate energy but others say fusion power unlikely to ‘save us from climate change’
- Australia may have to stop making key cancer medicine if it doesn’t build nuclear waste dump, peak body says Fri, 18 Nov 22, 1:00amAnsto chief says it may not be able to keep producing nuclear medicine if it runs out of waste storage space at its Lucas Heights facility
- ‘Unproven’ small nuclear reactors would raise Australia’s energy costs and delay renewable uptake, report says Wed, 5 Oct 22, 3:30amAustralian Conservation Foundation report finds modular reactors are expensive and introduce unnecessary challenges in managing radioactive waste
- ‘Unproven’ small nuclear reactors would raise energy costs and delay renewable uptake, report says Wed, 5 Oct 22, 3:30amReport from Australian Conservation Foundation finds modular reactors are expensive and introduce unnecessary challenges in managing radioactive waste