NEWS

Uranium exports and plutonium fuel cycle
Nuclear Disarmament Party, July 6 2008
The Garnaut Report supports uranium exports and unacceptably proposes funding plutonium fuel cycle based nuclear energy systems through an International Low Emissions Technology Commitment for R & D technology transfer initiatives ... read more

When Australia had a bombshell for US
Tom Hyland, The Age, July 6 2008
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. In the cold war against Soviet and Chinese communism, Australia sheltered under the US nuclear umbrella ... read more

Australia set to stay in nuclear club
Katharine Murphy, The Age, February 11 2008
Australia appears set to remain in a controversial global group of nuclear energy countries, even though green groups fear the country could end up being the world's radioactive waste dump ... read more

Nuclear waste may stay at harbourside suburb in Sydney
Simon Benson, The Daily Telegraph, January 30 2008
Thousands of tonnes of radioactive waste may stay buried under a property in a Sydney harbourside suburb if a suitable waste dump cannot be found ... read more

'Council of Sages' Advises Zapatero
Lisa Abend and Geoff Pingree, Time Magazine, January 22 2008
Spain's José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero took his surprise 2004 election victory as a mandate for fundamental change, and has called on 14 world-renowned experts — including Australian anti-nuclear expert and Nobel Laureate Helen Caldicott — for a slate of ideas that, if put into action, would position Spain on the cutting edge of international, environmental, economic and social justice policy ... read more

Uptight US can't let it all hang out
John Beveridge, Herald Sun, August 30 2007
That great old Australian tradition of hanging out the clothes to dry is catching on around the world. Since well before Lance Hill launched the Hills Rotary Hoist in 1946, Aussies have proudly hung their clothes out to dry in the sun - or even for a final rinse in the rain ... read more

New organisations will educate Australians about health risks of nuclear fuel cycle!
PNFA, August 29 2007
People for a Nuclear-Free Australia (PNFA) has been formed in response to disturbing news that the Howard Government has developed an unbounded enthusiasm for Australia to become a major player in the nuclear power and nuclear waste arena ... read more

Bush and Howard to sign nuclear power pact
Geoff Elliott, Australian, August 28 2007
President George W. Bush and John Howard will sign a new bilateral nuclear power pact during APEC, committing both countries to share research and development expertise. Although the agreement is not legally binding, it follows a similar agreement Washington struck with Japan and establishes a framework ... read more

Howard dodging fallout of pro-nuclear position
Sydney Morning Herald, August 27 2007
A major tenet of the Government's climate-change policy is being cleverly exploited by Labor, Michelle Grattan writes. Sue Page is the Nationals' candidate in the northern NSW coastal seat of Richmond, once the political kennel of the Anthony family, but currently ... read more

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