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Dwight Walker<p>I am sure I could have stopped the CS Energy Callide power station blowing up using software engineering monitoring <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/monitoring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monitoring</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/it" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>it</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/generator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>generator</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/callide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>callide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/queensland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>queensland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/explosion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>explosion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/softwareengineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>softwareengineering</span></a></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>Day 25 🚫☢️</p><p>“<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TradeUnions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TradeUnions</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/conservationists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservationists</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/FirstNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstNations</span></a> groups, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/church" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>church</span></a> congregations and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>community</span></a> organisations have launched a coordinated campaign against opposition leader <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PeterDutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeterDutton</span></a>’s plan for <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/NuclearReactors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearReactors</span></a> across Australia.</p><p>The <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Coalition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coalition</span></a> has pledged, if elected, to build seven nuclear reactors to replace retiring or retired coal sites naming <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Tarong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tarong</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Callide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Callide</span></a> in Queensland, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liddell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liddell</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MountPiper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MountPiper</span></a> in New South Wales, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PortAugusta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PortAugusta</span></a> in South Australia, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LoyYang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LoyYang</span></a> in Victoria, and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Muja" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Muja</span></a> in Western Australia.”</p><p>The location of Nuclear power plants is not optimised for safe operation. The Loy Yang location was originally chosen due to coal deposits not geological stability. This area is prone to geological faulting. </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nuclear</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/NuclearPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPower</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/23/peter-dutton-coalition-nuclear-reactors-plan-risks-waste" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/2025/apr/23/peter-dutton-coalition-nuclear-reactors-plan-risks-waste</span></a>&gt;</p>
Ferdi Magellan<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@ijenkins99" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ijenkins99</span></a></span> </p><p>‘The Callide coal-fired power plant has an annual water allocation of 20,000 ML from the Callide Dam, which is fed by the Awoonga Dam. As of Wednesday, Awoonga – which supplies the city of Gladstone’s water – was at 46% capacity, and Callide – which supplies drinking water to Biloela – was at 16.5% capacity. Callide Dam is also used to replenish aquifers that irrigate crops in the Callide Valley.</p><p>‘Callide would have to find an additional 27,000 ML of water to power the kind of power plants implied by the Coalition’s nuclear plan, the QCC report found – with Copeman saying there was simply “not enough water available”.’</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Auspol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NuclearFantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearFantasy</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/LNPLiars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNPLiars</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Dutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dutton</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Kingaroy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kingaroy</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Callide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Callide</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Tarong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tarong</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Qldpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Qldpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Renewables" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Renewables</span></a></p>