" The sky is falling ! "
Chicken Little is running around in ever decreasing hysterical circles. We humans are doomed ! The end is upon us !
Relax ! It's just the usual politics !
A few fuel rods at the Lucas Heights nuclear reactor have served their purpose and will be sent overseas for reprocessing. To get from the plant to be loaded on a ship they will have to be transported to a port - and in this case the port will most likely be Port Kembla.
Just 159 used fuel rods will be packed into four stainless steel casks - and these will be transported in four shipping containers on semi-trailer trucks escorted by police during a low traffic time of the day or night.
It is normal procedure. It has been done before on several occasions without incident, although at those times the ships were docked at Port Botany. This unremarkable procedure has never been carried out without hysteria from the Greens and the " gloom and doom " people !
Greens leader Lee Rhiannon leads a political party that is stridently anti-nuclear. Despite nuclear power generation being used by France, Britain, the US and other major countries and releasing no global warming carbon - the Greens oppose nuclear power in Australia.
They maintain a ceaseless tirade, warning of danger. There is more chance of a petrol tanker crashing and exploding than an accident happening to a nuclear convoy carrying specially designed protective containers, with an armed escort - and travelling at low speed.
Sleep well, citizens of the Illawarra. This fuel rod transfer will pass unnoticed as has happened on previous occasions.
But - while it takes place - our power generators will continue to pollute the atmosphere with Co2 - and if the scientists are right - the polar ice caps will continue to melt and the sea levels will rise.
Half a century from now - when we watch seaside suburbs reclaimed by the ocean - maybe we will reflect on the folly of taking notice of Chicken Little's hysterical outbursts !
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