Federal environment minister Robert Hill announced on February 1 that he requires further detailed information before making a final decision on the Honeymoon uranium mine proposal.
The Honeymoon project, located 80km west of Broken
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The federal government announced on January 24 its preferred sites in South Australia for a controversial national dump for about 10,000 cubic metres of low-level radioactive waste — much to the disgust of environmental groups and
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Three-hundred and sixty irradiated fuel rods were secretly shipped out of the nuclear reactor plant in the southern Sydney suburb of Lucas Heights on January 22. The irradiated (or "spent") fuel rods — vastly more radioactive than
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Depleted uranium (DU) is a by-product of uranium enrichment. Enriched uranium contains a greater percentage of the uranium-235 isotope than natural uranium, whereas the DU by-product contains less uranium-235 (and more uranium-238).
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The incoming administration of George W Bush is planning a controversial national missile defence (NMD) system as part of its broader military build-up — a reprise of the failed "Star Wars" efforts of Presidents Ronald Reagan and
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A report released by the World Commission on Dams (WCD) on November 16 paints a damning picture of the environmental and social impacts of many of the world's 45,000 large dams. The WCD was formed in 1998 following a process
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A fortnight of negotiations at the climate change conference at the Hague, involving delegations from more than 160 countries, have failed to conclude an international agreement on greenhouse gas emission reduction. Conference
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The human impact on climate change is more certain than ever before and the Earth's main surface temperature is predicted to rise further than previous estimates, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The
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The Australian delegation to the crucial climate change conference at the Hague has been awarded a "Fossil of the Day" award because of its persistent efforts to widen loopholes in the Kyoto protocol. On November 15, more than 100
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The federal Coalition government is planning a wrecking operation at an international climate change conference at the Hague from November 13-24. The conference — formally known as the Sixth Conference of the Parties (COP6) to the
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A Senate inquiry into the plan for a new nuclear research reactor in Sydney has heard evidence about a string of problems and scandals surrounding the project. The federal government and the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology
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The Australian Conservation Foundation's recently released document "Natural Advantage: A Blueprint for a Sustainable Australia" provides a forward-looking vision for a clean, green economy and, in the process, renders obsolete the