Tag Archives: Australia

Visit Maralinga Atomic Bomb Test Site via Maralinga Tours

Posted on 2016/07/23 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Not Kazakhstan, not Nevada… but South Australia’s Maralinga. Maralinga Tours – an insight into our hidden past Learn about a very, very dark chapter in Australia’s history. One Tree, Marcoo, Kite, Breakaway, Tadje, Biak and Taranaki: innocuous sounding names that … Continue reading →

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Joe Biden urges ‘Manhattan Project’ to fight cancer while on Australian tour via The Guardian

Posted on 2016/07/17 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Vice-president announces deal to share data from Australian patients with researchers around the world The US vice-president, Joe Biden, says there is a need for a new “Manhattan Project” against cancer as he announced a deal to share data from … Continue reading →

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Nuclear royal commission: Citizens’ jury questions safety concerns surrounding dump proposal via ABC

Posted on 2016/07/10 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A grassroots report into a proposal to build a high-level nuclear waste dump in South Australia has identified safety as a major concern. The report by a citizens’ jury of 50 randomly selected South Australians also found “significant additional research” … Continue reading →

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INTERNATIONAL PEOPLES’ TRIBUNAL ON THE NUCLEAR POWERS AND THE DESTRUCTION OF HUMAN CIVILISATION via

Posted on 2016/06/13 by norma field

InternationalPeoples Tribunal on the Nuclear Powers and the Destruction of Human Civilisation July 6-8, 2016 Woolley Common Room, Woolley Bldg University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia Hosted byCPACS, the Department of Peace and Conflict Studies (Human Survival Project), and SCIL, the … Continue reading →

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Locals at nominated nuclear dump site share concerns in fiery public meeting via AM

Posted on 2016/05/07 by norma field

ELIZABETH JACKSON: It’s been a week now since the Federal Government named a South Australian cattle station as the preferred site for its nuclear waste dump. Last night, the first public meeting since the announcement was held in the nearby … Continue reading →

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Aussie desire for nuclear option may have sunk Japanese sub bid via The Japan Times

Posted on 2016/05/02 by norma field

Canberra chose a French design for its next-generation submarine fleet partly because it can easily be refitted for nuclear propulsion by the time the vessels enter service, an influential Australian business daily has reported. Japan proposed a diesel-powered design based … Continue reading →

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Legacy of British nuclear tests in Australia in focus with national tour via NITV

Posted on 2016/04/07 by yukimiyamotodepaul

‘Nuclear energy is not an Aboriginal issue, it’s a people issue,’ says Australian nuclear test survivor Sue Coleman-Haseldine. Sue Coleman-Haseldine was not quite three years old when the British government conducted nuclear tests at Emu Field and Maralinga in South … Continue reading →

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Nuclear waste dump confounds cost-benefit analysis via InDaily

Posted on 2016/02/23 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The proposal for a South Australian high level nuclear waste dump places too much risk on future generations, argues economist Richard Blandy. The Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission delivered its tentative findings on 15 February. It is seeking responses to … Continue reading →

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Nuclear waste dump consultation process has ‘ripped apart’ Kimba community, farmer says via ABC News

Posted on 2016/02/01 by norma field

Residents in a South Australian region that is shortlisted to house a nuclear waste dump say the Commonwealth’s consultation process is driving the community apart. Two of the six shortlisted sites are in the small farming community of Kimba and … Continue reading →

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Frydenberg moves to allay concerns about proposed nuclear dump in NSW via abc news

Posted on 2016/01/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The Federal Government says it will push ahead with talks on a proposed nuclear dump near Bathurst in central west New South Wales despite widespread community concern. A property near Hill End has been shortlisted as one of six sites … Continue reading →

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