DoomsdaysCW<p>Enough water for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nuclear</span></a> reactors in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NSW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSW</span></a> but scientists worry about <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a></p><p>July 19, 2024</p><p>"The federal opposition has proposed seven <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPowerPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPowerPlants</span></a> across the country if it wins the next election.</p><p>"Its plan involves building the plants on retiring or retired <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coal</span></a> sites, including two in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewSouthWales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewSouthWales</span></a>, at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Liddell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liddell</span></a> in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HunterValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HunterValley</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MountPiper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MountPiper</span></a> near <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Lithgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lithgow</span></a>.</p><p>[...]</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environmental</span></a> concerns</p><p>"The environmental impact of both [closed-loop and once through] systems has raised concerns in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservation</span></a> groups. </p><p>"While the closed-loop system does not return water warmer to the supply than when it was taken out, the once-through cooling process does. </p><p>"Professor Johnson said changes to the temperature of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LakeLyell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LakeLyell</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LakeLiddell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LakeLiddell</span></a> could be harmful aquatic native <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a>. </p><p>"'<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ecosystems</span></a> are evolved and used to a certain temperature range, so when temperatures are higher than that, it can change all the things that live in the river,' she said.</p><p>"Jacqui Mills from the NSW Nature Conservation Council believed the once-through cooling method could have <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/catastrophic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>catastrophic</span></a> consequences. </p><p>"'If you have hot water discharges, it will very likely kill microorganisms,' Ms Mills said. </p><p>"'That has a flow-on impact for the creatures that rely on them like <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/platypus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>platypus</span></a>. It basically disrupts the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a>.' </p><p>"Julie Favell from the Lithgow Environment Group said recent examples of coal and other <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mining</span></a> industries breaching <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/regulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulations</span></a> gave her 'no confidence' that a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPlant</span></a> would be safe.</p><p>"'Over the past 20 years we have seen so many impacts on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/swamps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>swamps</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/waterways" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waterways</span></a>, the damage in most cases is irreversible,' she said.</p><p>"'You cannot erase human error and natural disasters. There would be nothing left if one of those incidents happened.'"</p><p>Full article:<br><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/enough-water-for-nuclear-reactors-in-nsw-but-scientists-worry-about-wildlife/ar-BB1qiCm2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-au/news/australia/e</span><span class="invisible">nough-water-for-nuclear-reactors-in-nsw-but-scientists-worry-about-wildlife/ar-BB1qiCm2</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukesAustralia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukesAustralia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Solar</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Tidal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tidal</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RenewablesNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RenewablesNow</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectWildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectWildlife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectNature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectNature</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a></p>