WTF is wrong with THIS picture?....thx to cal04 for story

[Gabi Hayes]

GREENPEACE boats plan to intercept a ship carrying spent nuclear fuel from Sydney's Botany Bay.

Six shipping containers carrying the spent fuel from the Lucas Heights nuclear reactor, in Sydney's south, will be loaded aboard the Seabird, Greenpeace Australia Pacific (GAP) said.

The vessel is due to arrive in Botany Bay shortly to pick up the containers and depart about 2am (AEDT) for the east coast of the United States.

It is understood the spent fuel will be stored somewhere in the US.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,2094...

[aquart]

1. So that's how we got Australia tosupport the war in Iraq.

[Gabi Hayes]

2. makes as much sense as anything else. article below explains nothing about why...

http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2005/2005-01-24-01.asp

[bananas]

3. kick - this is weird

there's a lot of secret deals going on under the table.

[cosmicdot]

4. is this the article?

it may have been moved
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Greenpeace to intercept 'nuke' ship

December 17, 2006 11:35pm
Article from: AAP


GREENPEACE boats plan to intercept a ship carrying spent nuclear fuel from Sydney's Botany Bay.

Six shipping containers carrying the spent fuel from the Lucas Heights nuclear reactor, in Sydney's south, will be loaded aboard the Seabird, Greenpeace Australia Pacific (GAP) said.

The vessel is due to arrive in Botany Bay shortly to pick up the containers and depart about 2am (AEDT) for the east coast of the United States.

It is understood the spent fuel will be stored somewhere in the US.

~snip~

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,20944110-1702,00.html?from=public_rss

[cal04]

5. thanks Gabi Hayes for posting this

Uranium's slow boat to Taiwan
THE controversial first shipment of Australian uranium to Taiwan is scheduled to leave tomorrow amid debate about potential for the move to help clear the way for future exports to nuclear-armed India.

BHP Billiton yesterday refused to confirm the timing of the shipment to Taiwan via the United States, but the buyer, the electricity generator Taipower, was less constrained.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/uraniums-slow-boat-to-taiwan/2006/12/17/1166290412417.html

Greenpeace angry after nuclear waste transported through Sydney
http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200612/s1813471.htm

Secret nuclear transport through Sydney streets


http://www.greenpeace.org/australia/news-and-events/news/nuclear-power/nuclear-transport

[NobleCynic]

6. Not to dispute the embarassment value of this

but isn't six shipping containers a drop in the bucket compared to what's already here?

[Fridays Child]

7. k/r

[Roland99]

8. Bet there's a lot of room in Crawford, TX (esp. with the all the brush cleared out)

[madmax]

9. Did they pull the story?

"The page you requested could not be found
We could not find the page you requested. This is either because:


There’s an error in the address or link you have entered in your browser;
There’s a technical issue and the page has not been properly published;"

[truedelphi]

10. If you can get coasttocoastam Listen to Alex Jones

He explains how our nation is now a third world nation - our ports are "secured" by foreign nations, our roads are "built" by foreign nations (although our gasoline-at-the-pump tax dollars will pay for the paving and other construction costs) and though he doesn't mention toxic waste dumping, why not?

Our nation has been sold out from under us, and it seems to be almost too late to stop what has happened.