jocelynne, we do experience from time to time, really ill informed and outrageously false statements on various topics. Yours gets this weeks “biscuit award”

I will just draw you into a little reality first, to save you much embarrassment later on should you chose to pop your head over the top of the bunker again.

In the period 2007 to 2008 recorded (magistrate inquests) into fatalities in the wind farm industry? 954.

Before you come up with something this crass again, perhaps your Royal Laziness might care to do a Google or two to avoid looking so darn silly?

That should read the period 1997 to 2008. Apoligies for the typo.

jocelynne,

Considering the low level of investment from the 1970s and 80s, in nuclear and the billions spent on renewables, co gen etc, I find this difficult to swallow. Do you have any source for this or did you make it up?

Please don't confuse this with the nuclear weapons industry, as other than the refining of uranium, and the extraction of plutonium (1960s tech) they are very different.

Per unit of energy generated the nuclear industry has the lowest level of fatalities of any generation including solar and wind.

jocelynne

Dont worry about them..LOL..Its similar to watching a cave-man with a fire-cracker:)

Japan etc, will only be the first of many future disasters, that will come due to an unstable world that's going through change, by partly man-made effects and natural unrest of a planet which we KNOW! is on the move, and playing with unclear power-plants that this point, just shows how NOT smart they really are.

LEAP

Julian Cribb is recommending R&D funding for research into the commercialisation of safe thorium nuclear reactors. This I have also recommended to the Senate Carbon Tax Inquiry because of safety concerns that Australia joins the US, Russia and Japan in the 200MW thorium reactor trial. And to work with China to build one. and put to productive use the 485,000 tonnes of Australian thorium. The current policy of opposing the building of uranium nuclear reactors in Australia should continue.

Without these thorium reactors to bolster the development of renewable energy, the preservation of a democratic and frugal but healthy way of life will be impossible. I follow the advice of the Potsdam Institute provided to the German government, which describes the maximum CO2 emissions allowable if we are to have a 67% chance of avoiding a 2 degree temperature rise. If those with the highest emissions (Australia, the US, EU,) are required to reduce their emissions very low within 20 years and then low emissions by China, India, Indonesia etc or nobody survives.

Ludwig, the proportion of non--partisan information compared to fluff is miniscule.

With no axe to grind, Geoscience Australia presents some reality in regard to the reactor issue via the prospects for Thorium production; and its source-mineral Monazite in Australia and the world. It gives some detail in relation to the chain of procedure for Thorium in nuclear reactor use - a bit more detailed than given by Geoff of Perth, who is on the money with his post: Thorium devolves to uranium in the process - though safer (or less bad) than uranium alone.

Interesting again is the European Halden Reactor Project in Norway, continuing its fundamental purpose since 1958. The latest item in its agenda is the Human-Machine Project, investigating ways to improve the interaction between those tending it, and very complex machinery in order to minimize inevitable mishaps.

Interesting again, is the forward-thinking Norwegian Government’s attitude to nuclear power for when their oil reserves are depleted and hydro-power alone cannot provide energy needs. Norway has large reserves of Thorium, but they have no intention to rush into Thorium reactors; are very cautious about them.

Nuclear power has had subsidies since 1945, for both good and bad reasons; mostly bad. Further subsidies, when no commercial organization is prepared to go it alone for the profit motive, and when the insurance industry will not touch it, would seem to me to be a nonsense.