AUKUS INVESTIGATED 05: Radioactive ripples

Global Roaming with Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald · Apr 23, 2025 · 32m

AUKUS doesn't only affect us. From the time that it was announced there were mixed reactions from our neighbours - some who wanted in, and some who thought it unwise and provocative. A big part of the fear - both regionally and within Australia - concerns the nuclear question. As the first non-nuclear country to ever acquire a conventionally armed nuclear-powered submarine, can we be confident of our own safety? And what happens to the waste that will remain dangerous for generations of Australians to come?

NOTE: This podcast was first released on 20 December 2024.

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