PEOPLE FOR A NUCLEAR-FREE AUSTRALIA was formed in response to disturbing news that the Howard Government had developed an unbounded enthusiasm for Australia to become a major player in the nuclear power and nuclear waste arena on a global scale.The federal election in 2007 was a nuclear election. Thankfully, the threat of Australia establishing a nuclear power industry was removed along with the Howard government. While Kevin Rudd has vowed not to build nuclear reactors, he and the Australian Labor Party support an expansion of uranium mining and export.
Uranium mining poses many serious medical hazards, and shipping our uranium for use in overseas reactors is contributing to the unsolved problem of massive quantities of radioactive waste accruing at nuclear power plants across the world. read more »
The West Australian Government has formally lifted the state's controversial ban on uranium mining and sought legal advice on overturning an exclusion clause written into 1475 existing mining leases issued since 2002 . read more »
An Australian bombshell
It was a time when wars were running hot and cold, and Australia and the US were allies in both. Soldiers from both countries were dying in a hot war, in Vietnam. read more »
PNFA Patron - John Butler
John Butler, one of our most highly respected and truly independent musical artists, is now a Patron of PEOPLE FOR A NUCLEAR-FREE AUSTRALIA. read more »
PNFA Patron - Dr David Suzuki
Internationally acclaimed scientist & environmentalist Dr David Suzuki is the inaugural Patron of PEOPLE FOR A NUCLEAR-FREE AUSTRALIA. read more »
PNFA Founder & Spokesperson
Globally respected Australian anti-nuclear campaigner and physician Dr Helen Caldicott leads the Board of PEOPLE FOR A NUCLEAR-FREE AUSTRALIA as Founder and Spokesperson. read more »
is nuclear power really a greenhouse solution?
Byron-based publisher Alok O'Brien writes: "Researching this matter for a month, the conclusions I reached were astounding. For example, a gas fired electricity plant produces three times as much net energy as a nuclear plant with same emissions, and if 1,500 nuclear plants were produced in the next 30 years (one a week for 30 years) they would produce enough energy for roughly only 5% of our needs, and there would be enough uranium for just 12 years!" read more »
nuclear politics: howard’s nuclear legacy
Whether John Howard wins the next Federal election or not, there is little doubt he’ll leave the political stage within the next two years. This raises the question of his legacy. How Howard will be remembered is a question that is being answered - at least, in part - by a number of books now appearing on bookshelves across Australia. read more »
techonology can provide viable alternatives
Dr. Arjun Makhijani produced a landmark study, Carbon-Free and Nuclear-Free: A Roadmap for U.S. Energy Policy, as a joint project of the Nuclear Policy Research Institute and the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research. A pre-publication full PDF copy was made available on the web on 27 September 2007 ... executive summary | full document | press release
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