Nuclear

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Originally Posted by AndyG

Sometimes its daily, then you go a few months with minimal, mt ulawun, about 40km away makes me nervous, if that blows im screwed

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While you might not put a reactor in Newcastle for example, Australia is a big place with a lot of stable geology, Flinders ranges spring to mind for example. Be good to get Lucas out of Sydney for a start

Hi

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Originally Posted by AndyG

While you might not put a reactor in Newcastle for example, Australia is a big place with a lot of stable geology, Flinders ranges spring to mind for example. Be good to get Lucas out of Sydney for a start

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Oh yes, good idea. The cancer patients in Sydney could be flown to the Flinders Ranges resort for their treatment given that the radio isotopes produced by Lucas heights have such short half lives (e.g. Tc 99 is 6 hours).

(I'm anti nuclear power but there are medical and industrial needs for some nuclear technology.)

Mike

BTW ... ace bit on the pushing of pro nuclear power views tonight on Media Watch.
Seems like Sky, Murdoch news, radio like 2GB, Barilano and other politicians have been pushing it for the last month.
Something is up :-) Watch it on ABC iview.

Two workers exposed to unsafe radiation dose at Lucas Heights nuclear facility

Two workers exposed to unsafe radiation dose at Lucas Heights nuclear facility | Australia news | The Guardian

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Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Two workers exposed to unsafe radiation dose at Lucas Heights nuclear facility

Two workers exposed to unsafe radiation dose at Lucas Heights nuclear facility | Australia news | The Guardian

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Its Not exactly a Nuclear meltdown or a major radiation leak Mick and Lucas heights would have to be a Far safer work environment than Most other manufacturing plants.
Our emergency response people get injured at a much more frequent rate than the people at Lucas Heights, Maybe we should shut down that service[bigwhistle]

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Originally Posted by DiscoMick

I believe that Chinese coal is mainly soft and low energy and mined underground whereas our coal is mainly hard black and high energy, but no doubt someone will correct that.
It's still a fact that China is leading the way in investment in renewables, both to reduce complaints from Chinese people about pollution in its cities, and to generate jobs in manufacturing renewable equipment.
Its not a Coal vs Renewables situation - both have a future, but renewables will increase while coal will decrease.
Why isn't Australia investing to create jobs in manufacturing renewables, including lithium batteries? Once again, we are just digging it up and shipping it out and buying the resulting products, when we could create a lot of jobs by making them here.

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Partially because we don’t have the largest ingredient for Lithium batteries.
Lithium batteries use a very high volume of Graphite per unit.

2 versions exist - one is mined, the other synthetic from Petroleum coke.

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Originally Posted by skuilnaam

Partially because we don’t have the largest ingredient for Lithium batteries.
Lithium batteries use a very high volume of Graphite per unit.

2 versions exist - one is mined, the other synthetic from Petroleum coke.

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Graphite isn't exactly a Rare commodity Nor is it hard to source, Lithium however [bigwhistle]

There are plenty of geologically stable places is Oz.

Cheers

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Originally Posted by skuilnaam

Partially because we don’t have the largest ingredient for Lithium batteries.
Lithium batteries use a very high volume of Graphite per unit.

2 versions exist - one is mined, the other synthetic from Petroleum coke.

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https://www.theage.com.au/national/enormous-lithium-waste-dump-plan-shows-how-shamefully-backward-we-are-20190621-p52054.html

Whilst I have posted this, I have to admit that I know nothing about the credibility of The Age however, there's always an element of truth in all stories, isn't there?

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Originally Posted by DiscoMick

I believe that Chinese coal is mainly soft and low energy and mined underground whereas our coal is mainly hard black and high energy, but no doubt someone will correct that.
It's still a fact that China is leading the way in investment in renewables, both to reduce complaints from Chinese people about pollution in its cities, and to generate jobs in manufacturing renewable equipment.
Its not a Coal vs Renewables situation - both have a future, but renewables will increase while coal will decrease.
Why isn't Australia investing to create jobs in manufacturing renewables, including lithium batteries? Once again, we are just digging it up and shipping it out and buying the resulting products, when we could create a lot of jobs by making them here.

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Where as i totally agree with your concept Mick , it seems to me that we have become a country that expects to be paid the most , to do the least amount of work possible , to sell what we have at the most expensive end of the scale , but will only buy the cheapest. Usually this results in industries closing down or moving offshore ,and most people buying imported goods from China or wherever its the cheapest regardless of quality.

My industry is going thru the stage as we speak, local Aussies wont work the hours required with the extended time away from home , so the companies are starting to look for people from other countries. It started with the boats engineers a few years back and is starting to progress to deck crew now.

Just my 2c worth

Cheers Ean