Downloads related to "Nuclear accidents"
MAPW 2008: Nuclear weapons, nature and society
In this report, MAPW President Dr Sue Wareham, argues that nuclear weapons represent mankind’s ultimate confrontation with the natural environment that sustains us. Areas covered include nuclear accidents, nuclear waste and the effects of nuclear tests. Prepared for the Biosensitive Futures website of the Nature and Society Forum, November 2008.
MAPW Media Release: Doctors applaud withholding uranium from Russia
18 September 2008: MAPW welcomes the recommendations by Australian government's Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, that Australia does not proceed with uranium sales to Russia until far more stringent measures are in place to separate Russia's civilian and military nuclear facilities.
Australian regulatory framework and radiation protection standards. Dr John Loy - 2000
Dr John Loy, Chief Executive Officer of ARPANSAi, addresses the 2000 MAPW Conference, regarding radiation protection and standards, and the role of the regulatory agency.
Nuclear power no solution to climate change. FoE, MAPW et al: 2005
This report prepared by Friends of the Earth (FoEi) and supported by MAPW and other groups critiques the argument that nuclear power is a solution to climate change, and documents its hazards for security, the environment and human health. (Summary: full report available at FoE website).
Yellowcake Country? Beyond Nuclear Initiative - 2006
Yellowcake Country? is a report on Australia's uranium industry prepared by the Beyond Nuclear Initiative in 2006. It raises environmental and health risks, and the threat of nuclear war.
Proliferation dangers associated with nuclear medicine (HEU). MAPW - 2008
The near-universal use of weapons-grade, highly enriched uranium (HEUi) to produce radiopharmaceuticals used in medicine, is a significant hazard. This peer-reviewed paper argues that health professionals should stop the use of HEU in medicine, as a vulnerable pathway to creating a 'terrorist bomb'. Produced by MAPW doctors Bill Williams and Tilman Ruff, it was published in 2008.


