From Phillip Graham
In her letter on the issue of storing long-lived nuclear waste, Ailsa Mathiessen says the Australian outback, home to indigenous people, shouldn’t be a dumping ground for waste of any sort (4 January, p 28). But the outback is littered with the waste from mining. Check out Google Earth if you don’t believe me.
Nuclear power doesn’t add to global warming; Australia exports uranium and coal and we are one of the highest emitters of carbon dioxide per capita. We have a moral obligation to help. Local aboriginal tribes should be the only ones who decide whether to allow and profit from a nuclear waste repository.
The site of the first nuclear test on the Australian mainland in South Australia would be a good place for consultations and geological studies.
Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
