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2003-10-28 Down Under

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Posted by Super Hose 2003-10-28 2:24:55 PM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Shades of the garbage scow that traveled for years looking for a place to take its crap.
I'm sure Kimmie would love to have the spent fuel - if the Aussies threw in a few bags of ~~dog food~~ rice.

Posted by Spot 2003-10-28 3:08:58 PM|| 2003-10-28 3:08:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Activists from the environmental group Greenpeace circled the ship in dinghies to condemn the shipment, saying it was fraught with danger.

"These casks are vulnerable to attack by morons in xodiacs terrorist attack," said spokesman James Courtney. "I think that the federal government is downplaying the risk of terrorism when it suits them and playing it up when they want to use it to their advantage."

Well would it be as big a security risk if these Greenpeace IDIOTS weren't going so far as to making it obvious which ship is carrying the damn nuclear cargo?????

Asswipes.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2003-10-28 3:47:12 PM|| 2003-10-28 3:47:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 If you read down to the bottom of the article, you see that this is fuel from Australia's sole nuclear reactor, which is a research facility.

In December 2001, Greenpeace breached "security" at Lucas Heights, wandered around the place, and hung a giant banner saying "Nuclear: Never Safe".

I was thinking that if this had happened in the US, there'd be bullet-riddled corpses, and the lack of same might explain why nuclear was not safe in Australia.

(Of course, this is a research reactor. When I was an undergrad, back in the early '80s, we had a nuclear reactor on campus. If I recall correctly, they kept track of who was in the building because of exposure concerns, but I don't remember anyone being especially paranoid about sabotage. Ah, innocent days!)

Posted by Angie Schultz 2003-10-28 4:48:35 PM|| [http://darkblogules.blogspot.com] 2003-10-28 4:48:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Slightly off topic.

A Piece of the Green vessel was denied docking at the port of Miami. No link.... No name of vessel... but I believe it's an ex Soviet icebreaker. I assume the fitters are having much fun..

Posted by Shipman 2003-10-28 7:28:02 PM|| 2003-10-28 7:28:02 PM|| Front Page Top

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