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Greenpeace claims Australia ill-prepared for nuclear accidents
Greenpeace claims Australia ill-prepared for nuclear accidents
Mar 15 - A Greenpeace report says Australia is ill-prepared for a
nuclear ship accident.
The report was released this morning in Sydney at the start of a
national tour by its author, marine pollution expert Tim Deere-
Jones.
He says Australia has no plans at all to cope with even a minor
nuclear accident at sea and there is major confusion as to which
state or agencies would take responsibility for one.
Mr Deere-Jones says around two to four nuclear shipments pass
through Australian waters every year and that number looks set to
rise.
He says the vessels that carry hazardous cargo are second rate.
"The Australian Government has fallen for the lines sold to them by
the international nuclear industry, that the casks that the material
is carried in are unbreachable and that the vessels are unsinkable,"
he said.
"My report has found that the vessels are indeed as vulnerable as
any other vessel."
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