OzwobblyFeb 1, 2023

The Australian government and private sector simply do not have the institutional competence to run a nuclear program of any kind.

If you're losing radioactive material because things "fell off the back of a truck", then you simply don't have capacity to transport, track or store any of this material safely.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-02/recovery-of-radioactive-capsule-leaves-questions-unanswered/101919726

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Staggering recovery of tiny radioactive capsule in WA still leaves many questions unanswered

There was palpable relief when authorities found a Tic Tac-sized radioactive capsule after it "fell off the back of a truck" in Western Australia's outback, but many questions remain unanswered. 

ABC News
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@ozwobbly ... nor Rio, a moral compass ... "Rio Tinto iron ore chief executive Simon Trott said the company would reimburse the state for the search if asked to." "If asked to ...". Unbelievable. Our taxes (which Rio contributes ZIP to) have to pay for their abject, dismal, irresponsible incompetence. "Thinking" the State Government should add this "reimbursement" into the cost the massive fine for this unprecedented degree of incompetence (that we know about ...🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️). "Knowing" - that probably - this will get 'dropped off the back of the truck' without Rio having to take any responsibility ... ethically, morally or financially ... not a nano mol's worth of integrity in any of them ... .
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@scuttlebutter to be fair Rio Tinto is very upfront about their ethics. Their name is literally a reference to how pollution from mining turned a river blood red via acid drainage.

They're unapologetically cartoon villains. When they're not losing radioactive materials they're enthusiastically blowing up cultural heritage sites or stealing Indegenous land.

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@ozwobbly ... oh too true 😂🤣 but 🤔🤔... I thought that was just their expert range of 'unethics' 🤣😂