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heights nuclear reactor (sydney)global nuclear issues environmentclimate
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From October 2008, No Nukes News posted as Word files at: <www.foe.org.au/anti-nuclear/issues/oz>
No
nukes news 6/8/08No
nukes news 20/2/08No
nukes news 18/11/07No
nukes news 4/9/07No
nukes news 4/8/07No
nukes news 9/6/07No
nukes news 14/3/07No
nukes news 11/2/07No
nukes news 28/11/06No
nukes news 24/9/06No
nukes news 28/5/06No
nukes news 2/4/06No
nukes news 12/2/06Some of the most useful nuclear websites in Australia:
* Friends of the Earth <www.foe.org.au>
* Australian Conservation Foundation <www.acfonline.org.au>
* SA FoE Clean Futures Collective <www.geocities.com/olympicdam>
* Dr. Gavin Mudd <www.sea-us.org.au> and
<http://civil.eng.monash.edu.au/about/staff/muddpersonal>
* Medical Association for the Prevention of War <www.mapw.org.au>
* Nuclear Free Australia <www.nukefreeaus.org>
* Wilderness Society <www.wilderness.org.au>
* Yellowcake Country: Australia's Uranium Industry
<www.foe.org.au/nc/nc_nuke.htm#submissions> or direct download:
<www.foe.org.au/download/Yellowcake.pdf>
Fabbo new report on uranium safeguards published November 2006 by Medical Association for the Prevention of War <www.mapw.org.au> and Australian Conservation Foundation <www.acfonline.org.au>. See also the articles on safeguards in various No Nukes News's e.g. 28/11/06.
Radioactive
Racism in AustraliaProposed
uranium exports from Australia
to ChinaAustralian-obligated
plutonium and Japan's nuclear ambitionsHistorical
pursuit of nuclear weapons in AustraliaAustralian
uranium and weapons proliferation Dr.
Bill Williams on Australia's nuclear/uranium industry
Jabiluka
- 1999-2000 World Heritage articlesJabiluka
film review + update Review
of Wayne Reynold's "Australia's Bid for the Atomic Bomb"Australia
& the US missile 'defence' plansChemical
and biological weapons in Australiaradioactive waste
>>proposed nuclear dump in NT
In July 2005, the federal government announced its intention to impose a nuclear waste dump on the Northern Territory. For info, check these websites:
* Nuclear Territory News <www.ntnews.info/breaking.php>
* Central Land Council <www.clc.org.au>
* Friends of the Earth <www.foe.org.au/nc/nc_nuke.htm>
* Environment Centre Northern Territory <www.ecnt.org>
* NT nuclear dump wiki: <en.wikinews.org/wiki/
Opposing_a_nuclear_waste_dump_in_the_Northern_Territory>
>>other australian waste issues
Spent
fuel in Sydney and internationally (updated Jan 02)
Pangea's
plan for an international nuclear dump in Australia
Pangea
morphs into ARIUS ARPANSA,
radioactive waste & the proposed new reactor
Radioactive
waste and the planned new reactor>>defeated plan to dump in SA
The federal government's plan to impose a radioactive waste dump on South Australia was abandoned in July 2004.
SA
N-dump: government secrecy SA
N-dump: 15 reasons to say NO!Indigenous
groups & issuesSiting
issuesUnion
ban on SA N-dump (updated Sept 03)SA
parliament votes to ban dumpSA
politicians contact details Emails
for letters to newspapers Updates
on the Woomera dump - 2003Risk
of missile/rocket strikes inc. Defence Dept 'violent' oppositionTransport
issuesSA
dump: updates on sham EISWoomera
nuclear dump: critique of sham EIS (August 02)
How
many mistakes can The Australian make in one editorial?Nuclear
dump PR plans leaked (Nov 02)SA
dump: the thin edge of the wedge (May 02)
SA
dump: updates 2002 Why
was SA chosen for the national nuclear waste dump? (Nov 02)
SA
says no to radioactive waste dump ... again (2002)
Expert
panel supports dump (but don't know it's a dump or what's going in it)
Update
on plans for radioactive waste dump + store (Jan & Feb 01)
Updates
on plans to dump waste in SA (August 00)
Summary
of South Australia dump plan (March 00)
South
Australia to legislate to stop nuclear waste dump (May 00)
1998/99
articles on SA dump plan SA
dump: ten contradictions ... and counting
ABC's
Media Watch 'takes sides' in nuclear dump debate
Public
opposition to reactor and waste dump plan
Friends
of the Earth background paper on waste dump plan
Radioactive
racism SA
nuclear dumps: Maralinga and WoomeraMore info on the defeated SA dump plan:
Irati WantiFriends
of the Earth>>overseas waste issues
Poor
countries - the North's radioactive waste dump
Transmutation
of radioactive waste Radioactive
waste in the UK Radioactive
waste in Germany Radioactive
waste in the USA
british N-tests in Oz
Maralinga - Never Again - 50th AnniversaryMaralinga
land transfer negotiations2003
- Updates on British weapons tests 2002 -
Updates
on British weapons tests 2001 -
Updates
on British weapons testsMaralinga
weapons tests (2000) + ABC radio exposé Human
guinea pigs in the weapons tests in Australia Stolen
body parts scandal Review
of Roger Cross: 'Hedley Marston & the British Bomb Tests in
Australia'Links
to websites + literature on the British weapons testsmaralinga 'clean-up'
Critiques
of the 'final' Maralinga report by scientific whistle-blowers and othersDetailed
critique of final MARTAC report by Alan Parkinson US
expert Dale Timmons slams the Maralinga 'clean-up' Articles
on Maralinga by nuclear engineer Alan Parkinson (2002) Alan
Parkinson's dissection of propaganda about the Maralinga 'clean-up' Alan
Parkinson's critique of draft MARTAC report (2003) Debate
on Maralinga 'clean-up'Alan Parkinson, 2007, Maralinga: Australia's Nuclear Waste Cover-Up, ABC books.
lucas heights reactor
An operating licence for the new research reactor was granted by the puppet regulator ARPANSA in late 2006.
New
reactor: info resources INVAP:
the reactor from 'Dodgy Brothers' (updated Nov 02)
INVAP's
financial problems INVAP
(the Argentinian reactor constructor) and the Egyptian reactor
Reactor
battle (update/summary August 2001) Case
for a Royal Commission into the plan for a new reactor in Sydney
Lucas
Heights: decision-making process/sham A
new reactor and jobs at ANSTO ARPANSA,
radioactive waste & the proposed new reactor
ANSTO
staff speak Quotable
quotes on the plan for a new reactor in Sydney
ANSTO/government
agenda exposed -- transcript of ABC doco
Critique
of Lucas Heights reactor environment impact statement
Reactor
contract signed SBS
television 'Insight' program transcript
ANSTO
secrecy: $7000 for two pages of information
Imre
Salusinszky propaganda in Sydney Morning Herald
Public
opposition to reactor and waste dump plan
>>safety
Lucas
Heights: Sydney's nuclear target Lucas
Heights reactor: safe as houses? Lucas
Heights insurance scandal Research
reactor accidents - updated June 01 Comparing
nuclear risks at Tokaimura and Lucas Heights
Lucas
Heights: 1998/99 accidents and cover-ups
Emergency
planning >>'need' for a new reactor: foreign policy
The
real agenda behind the push for a new reactor
The
real agenda: Jean McSorley's "National Interest & Nuclear Intrigues"
Australia's
nuclear connections (Jean McSorley) Historical
pursuit of nuclear weapons in Australia
Nuclear
weapons & Lucas Heights Research
reactors and nuclear weapons (short) Research
reactors and nuclear weapons (detailed, updated May 02)
>>'need' for a new reactor: medical radioisotopes
Medical
radioisotope supply options for Australia
Dr.
Bill Williams summary of reactor/isotopes debate
Reponse
to medical submissions to Senate inquiry
Medical
cyclotrons/accelerators in Australia Nuclear
medicine for dummies (short) Suppression
of non-reactor based medical technologies in Australia
U.S.
experts report on non-reactor options for nuclear medicine in Australia
1997
PhD
thesis available from <jimgreen3@ozemail.com.au>Samarium-153
versus strontium-89 for bone cancer palliation
Critique
of Lucas Heights reactor environment impact statement
PM's
pre-election reactor propaganda (2001, updated April 03)
>>'need' for a new reactor: science
A
new reactor for scientific research? (mercifully short)
A
new reactor for scientific research? (painfully long)
Critique
of Lucas Heights reactor environment impact statement
>>2000-2001 senate inquiry
Lucas
Heights senate inquiry update, November 00
Senate
inquiry transcripts of public hearings (Parliament House website)
Senate
report slams Lucas Heights reactor plan (June 01)
global nuclear issues
>>global ... nuclear weapons
Albert Einstein on Atomic Weapons (Word file)Reactor
Grade Plutonium and Nuclear WeaponsNuclear
terrorismNuclear
smugglingResearch
reactors and nuclear weapons (short)Research
reactors and nuclear weapons (detailed, May 02)Research
reactors and nuclear weapons: German FRM-2 research reactorResearch
reactors and nuclear weapons: CanadaNuclear
weapons beat-ups: the sky-is-falling-in profession
Washington's
nuclear hit list (leaked Nuclear Posture Review 2002)
Iraq's
nuclear weapons program Humans
guinea pigs in USA nuclear tests & role of the medical profession
Nuclear
corruption, bribery etc. >>global ... other
Nuclear
corruption, bribery etc. MOX
plutonium nuclear fuel trade & scandals
MOX
(uranium/plutonium fuel) shipments/scandals - 2002
British
Nuclear Fuels scandals & their relevance to Australia
European
reprocessing condemned Genetic
effects of radiation Health
effects of low-level radiation Dr.
John Gofman answers 10 nuclear furphies
Nuclear
is no solution to climate change Radioactive
racism See
German Greens' articles below in environment sectionenvironment
Environmental
data/trends: information sources German
Greens & the anti-nuclear movement
Think-tanks
and the environment Media
& the environment Green
business, green co-option, greenwashGreenwash:
BP, the Big Polluter (updated Aug 01) Corporate
greenwash & globalisation Lord
Melchett and other environmental turncoats
Planned
obsolescence Bjorn
Lomborg, the anti-environmentalist (updated Jan 02)
Far-right
'environmentalism' climate change
Corporate
conspirators and greenhouse policy in Australia, 1997-2001WMC
Ltd.: greenhouse gangsterThe
Lavoisier Group (Australian climate change sceptics)Nuclear
is no solution to climate change (updated Aug 01)Carbon
colonialism: blaming the Third World for climate changeGreenwash:
BP, the Big Polluter (updated Aug 01)0417 318 368
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Time to radically reform or abolish the so-called safeguards office ASNO: please visit www.foe.org.au/anti-nuclear/issues/asno
Yellowcake Country: Australia's Uranium Industrydownload from the FoE website
www.foe.org.au/campaigns/anti-nuclear/issues
Albert Einstein on Atomic Weapons
(Word file)
Nuclear Power: No Solution
to Climate Change:Report at <www.foe.org.au/campaigns/
anti-nuclear/issues>.
And see the articles by Prof Ian Lowe and Dr Alan Roberts in No Nukes News.
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