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"Opposition leader Peter Dutton has betrayed his complete ignorance about the
nuclear technology he threatens to impose on the Australian population by a
making a fundamental error: He thinks they burn fuel, or energy.
The comments were made in a heated Question Time in parliament house on the
first day of the winter session which promises to be focused on energy and
climate.
Opposition energy spokesman Ted O’Brien was ejected from the house by speaker
Milton Dick, and Dutton ran close, earning the ire of the speaker on several
occasions when he interjected as Labor ministers spoke.
At one point Dutton – trying to tie Labor up in knots over waste from a nuclear
submarine, said this, according to Hansard:
Mr Dutton: It’s on relevance. And, perhaps, to be of assistance to the
minister, the propulsion system burns energy—that’s how the system is
working—and it’s stored in the—
The SPEAKER: Resume your seat.
Actually, they don’t burn fuel. That’s the point of them. If they did, they
would likely create emissions, as defence minister Richard Marles explained.
Mr MARLES: Actually, it doesn’t burn any fuel, because burning is
oxidisation, which is what happens in an internal combustion engine, which
is exactly what happens when you use hydrocarbons. What this is is a nuclear
reaction which gives rise to power. That is what happens inside the sealed
nuclear reactor. The point is that the waste that will need to be disposed
of …
And if he doesn’t accept Labor’s word on it, the Opposition leader could also
read up on the website of the Nuclear Energy Institute:
“Nuclear plants are different because they do not burn anything to create
steam. Instead, they split uranium atoms in a process called fission. As a
result, unlike other energy sources, nuclear power plants do not release carbon
or pollutants like nitrogen and sulfur oxides into the air.”"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
