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Dump World's Nuclear Waste In Australia, Says Ex-PM Hawke

Posted by Soulskill on from the just-wants-mutant-kangaroos dept.

mdsolar writes: "[Former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke said] Australia bore a responsibility to assist with the safe disposal of radioactive waste, given the ample space the country possesses. 'If Australia has – as we do – the safest remote locations for storing the world's nuclear waste, we have a responsibility to make those sites available for this purpose,' he said. Hawke based this conclusion on a 25-year-old report made by Ralph Slayter, whom the former prime minister appointed as Australia's first chief scientist back in 1989. According to Slayter's report, some of the remote reaches of the Northern Territory and Western Australia could provide apt dumping grounds for radioactive waste."

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  1. Mutants! by burisch_research · · Score: 5, Funny

    Radioactive waste + the majority of the world's most dangerous species = ... ? Godzilla? Hundred metre diameter spiders? Snakes the size of the great wall of China?

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    1. Re:Mutants! by stewsters · · Score: 4, Funny

      Do you want Mothra? Because that's how you get Mothra.

  2. You mean we didn't already do this? by gurps_npc · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought that was the explanation for all the crazy animals, half of which can kill you.

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  3. Re:Bad idea! by afidel · · Score: 3, Funny

    Worse, ninja dropbears, as if the normal ones aren't bad enough.

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  4. Space: 2099 by tekrat · · Score: 3, Funny

    All radioactive waste is stored in Australia, commanded by John Koenig. But after a huge explosion, Australia is hurled into space on it's own, and the inhabitants of the country are forced to survive by their wits and with their Eagle spacecraft.

    Starring Martin Landau and Barbara Bain.
    Produced by Gerry Anderson.

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