#nuclear issues

Japan begins massive nuclear pool clean-up after Fukushima disaster

Posted April 15, 2019 21:23:28

Photo: Workers started removing the first of 566 fuel units from this pool at Unit 3, one of three reactors whose cores melted through. (AP: Mari Yamaguchi, file)

The operator of the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant has begun removing fuel from a cooling pool at one of three reactors that melted down in the 2011 disaster, a milestone in the…

Russian President Vladimir Putin signs decree suspending INF nuclear pact

Updated March 05, 2019 02:02:47

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree suspending Russia’s participation in the Cold War-era nuclear weapons treaty with the United States, the Kremlin said.

Key points:

Russia denies flouting INF accord and has accused Washington of breaking it

Pact hinders US-Russian ability to own, make or test ground-launched nuclear cruise missiles

Colla…

Aboriginal group ‘just want to be included’ in vote on proposed nuclear waste dump in SA

Updated August 23, 2018 18:14:05

The Human Rights Commission has been asked to decide whether an Aboriginal group should have a say on the location of a proposed nuclear waste dump in regional South Australia.

A community vote on the proposed dump on the Eyre Peninsula was referred to the commission following accusations it discriminated against Aboriginal native title holders.

The…

What it was like living at an atomic testing site

Updated August 12, 2018 15:36:30

Photo: Former Maralinga caretaker Leon Ashton pores over a map of the town. (ABC North and West: Gary-Jon Lysaght)

Maralinga holds a unique and controversial place in Australia’s history, but for Leon and Diane Ashton, it represents a time in their lives when they had a whole town to themselves.

From 2004 until 2010, Mr and Ms Ashton were caretakers for…