Why worry about nuclear waste? What has the future ever done for us?

The long term problems of what to do with nuclear waste remain entirely unsolved, writes Andrew Blowers. Yet governments and the nuclear industry continue to peddle their untenable ‘bury and forget’ policy of deep geological disposal, which only unloads the toxic legacy of modern day nuclear power and weapons onto uncountable future generations.

BHP still uncertain on Samarco restart

BHP still uncertain on Samarco restart

BHP says there is continuing uncertainty over the timing of a potential restart to its Samarco operations in Brazil, the site of a fatal dam disaster last year.