Nuclear power

Hazards of selling Australian uranium to India

Written 16/10/2012

Julia Gillard's visit to India this week is expected to try to pave the way for Australian uranium sales to India. MAPW has consistently opposed the sale of uranium to India, which is not a signatory of the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty and has refused to sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.

Iran's nuclear impasse: Breaking the deadlock

http://www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk/publications/briefing_papers_and_reports/i...

Link Added 29/05/2012

A new report by Oxford Research Group (ORG) analyses how the deadlock over Iran’s controversial nuclear programme could be overcome. It identifies the key principles for reaching a deal in the upcoming talks on nuclear power and nuclear weapons.

Reaching critical will

Written 03/04/2012

Costs, risks, and myths of nuclear power: NGOⁱi world-wide study on the implications of the catastrophe at th

reaching critical will.pdf

Nuclear power: the dream that failed

http://www.economist.com/node/21549098

Link Added 13/03/2012

One of a number of articles in the 10 March 2012 edition of The economist on the failure of the nuclear power industry.

MAPW Victoria Branch dinner 13 March 2012: Fukushima one year on

Written 29/02/2012

Flyer for MAPW Victoria Branch dinner 13 March 2012: Fukushima one year on - main speaker Dr Margaret Beavis, on the global conference on nuclear power that she attended in Yokohama in January 2012. Flyer is A4, black and white: please download, print and distribute.

2012-03-13_Nuclear_dinner_Flyer.pdf

Yokohama conference: thousands call for end to nuclear power

Written 25/01/2012

The Global Conference for a Nuclear Power Free World, held in Yokohama Japan 14-15 January, was attended by 11,500 people from over 30 countries, with over 100,000 watching via web stream.

Australian participants included MAPW's Dr Margaret Beavis. Mr.

ANFA statement 2011

Written 11/10/2011

Statement arising from the annual meeting of the Australian Nuclear Free Alliance held on the weekend 9-11 September, 2011.

ANFA 11 STATEMENT 2011.pdf

Uranium and health: Speech by Dr Jenny Grounds, President of MAPW

Written 04/10/2011

Uranium and health: the medical perspective is the text of a speech given by Dr Jenny Grounds at the "Uranium and poetry of peace" seminar held at Moores Gallery, Fremantle, Western Australia on 25 September, 2011.

FOE and ACE auction fundraiser

Event Date:

Sun, 09/10/2011 - 17:00

Location:

Melbourne

The annual art auction of Friends of the Earth Anti-nuclear and the Clean Energy Collective (ACE) is a fundraiser for the ACE campaign to raise money for the "Keep Muckaty nuclear free" campaign. It is also hoped that funds can be raised for the travel expenses of international & Australian indigenous people wishing to attend the BHP AGM in Melbourne this year.