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Nuclear and Uranium Policy – Western Australia Labor Party

Labor policy adopted- 25^th June 2011, Chapter 4: Economics, Industry and Regional Development, Minerals and Energy, Uranium Mining and Nuclear Energy

241. Recognising the hazards and dangers of nuclear power, especially relating to:

a. The safety of the nuclear fuel cycle;

b. The unsolved problems pertaining to the reprocessing and storage of radioactive wastes and spent fuel;

c. The growing concern about the biomedical effects of even low radiation

d. The coupling of nuclear energy and nuclear weapon developments

e. The added danger of a future plutonium economy and the threats to civil liberties involved in a nuclear economy; and

f. The fact that Labor policy contained herein on fossil fuels, energy conservation and renewable resources will ensure Western Australia energy self sufficiency.

242. Labor will:

a. Reject nuclear power as an option for electricity generation in Western Australia;

b. Oppose the establishment of a nuclear enrichment facility in the State;

c. Reject the establishment of nuclear processing plants or the storage of nuclear wastes in the state;

d. allow no uranium mining or development in Western Australia; and

e. The platform recognises WA long and continuous opposition to uranium mining. The commencement and continuation of any uranium project is inconsistent with Labor Policy. Labor will accept no obligation to complete approval processes or honour contractual arrangements entered into by a previous government where such approvals or contracts are directed towards an outcome inconsistent with Labor s, restrictions and conditions applicable to the mining, processing, sale and transportation of uranium platform.

f. place thorium under the currently mines in Australia as outlines in the Resources and Energy section of the National Platform, so far as they relate to nuclear non-proliferation.

July 4, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA, politics