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"Nuclear energy threatens Australia’s food production with more than 11,000
farms near the opposition’s proposed reactor sites, the government says.
The farms are located within an 80km radius of the seven earmarked sites,
according to a data analysis released by the federal government on Thursday
morning.
Under international standards that radius is classified as an “ingestion
exposure pathway” in which people may be exposed to radiation through
contaminated food, milk and water after a nuclear leak.
US farmers in those zones must take on preventative measures in an emergency,
such as providing livestock with separate feed and water, holding shipments and
decontaminating produce.
“Based on international practice, farmers would need to take expensive steps
during a nuclear leak and would need to inform their customers that they
operate within the fallout zone,” Agriculture Minister Murray Watt said in a
statement.
“It’s bizarre that the Nationals and Liberals are putting at risk our prime
agricultural land like this, especially without the decency to explain it to
farmers and consumers how they’d mitigate all the potential impacts.”
Senator Watt also told the Australian Global Food Forum on Wednesday that
nuclear power needs more water than coal-fired energy and renewables.
“One issue not yet considered in the nuclear debate is the fact that nuclear
energy production is a thirsty endeavour,” he told the industry crowd in
Brisbane."
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
