Links related to "Nuclear Chain"
Fission rise at Fukushima; New York Times, November 2011
Article by Hiroko Tibuchi from The New York Times, 2 November 2011, relating to recent disclosures by the Fukushima plant's owners that fuel deep inside three stricken reactors is probably continuing to experience bursts of fission.
Costs, risks and myths of nuclear power: WILPF report September 2011
Costs, risks, and myths of nuclear power: NGOi world-wide study on the implications of the catastrophe at the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Station is a collaborative work of non-governmental researchers, scientists, and activists. It was released on 11 September 2011, six months after the disaster at Fukushima. It is available on the website of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.
After the Deluge: impacts of the damage toJapanese nuclear reactors - Nautilus paper March 2011
"After the Deluge: Short and Medium-term Impacts of the Reactor Damage Caused by the Japan Earthquake and Tsunami" was published on 17 March 2011, the week after the earthquake, by Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability including contributors in Australia, the US and Japan. It looks at the future of nuclear power, both in relation to Japan's short term electricity and energy needs, and more broadly in the future of the region.
Energy Science Briefing Paper 2010
Professor Mark Diesendorf's Energy Science briefing paper on baseload energy, refuting the myths spread by the coal and nuclear industries. Revised April 2010.
IAEA International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale
Link to PDF of IAEAi International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale for assessing nuclear accidents, similar to the richter scale for earthquakes; also gives a list of historical nuclear accidents around the world and how they compare on the scale.
The Nuclear Industry: A History of Misleading Claims
2007 Briefing Paper written by Dr Sue Wareham OAM. Documents notable examples of misleading claims made by the nuclear industry: Energy Science Australia website.
Arid Lands Environment Centre
ALEC is a community-based environmental organisation located in Alice Springs, in the heart of the Australia’s arid zone. Since 1980, the organisation (formerly known as the Central Australian Conservation Council) has worked for conservation for the arid zone.
Families for a Nuclear Free Future (Alice Springs)
Families For A Nuclear Free Future (FFANFF) is a community network based in Alice Springs and are opposed to the exploration and mining of uranium at the Angela Pamela site and to the perpetuation of the nuclear fuel cycle around the world.
Anti-Nuclear Alliance of WA
This website is produced by the Anti-Nuclear Alliance of Western Australia.
This group came into being in 1997 (then known as the Anti-Uranium Coalition, AUCWA), to act as an umbrella group for organisations campaigning against the nuclearisation of Australia.
Environment Centre Northern Territory website
The Environment Centre Northern Territory was established in 1983 and has played a crucial role in improving environmental protection and management throughout the Territory.
The Wilderness Society nuclear campaign website
The Wilderness Society anti-nuclear power campaign website. The Wilderness Society (TWS) is a national, community-based, environmental advocacy organisation whose purpose is to protect, promote and restore wilderness and natural processes across Australia for the survival and ongoing evolution of life on Earth.
Greenpeace Australia: nuclear power webpage
Greenpeace is an independent campaigning organisation that uses non-violent direct action to expose global environmental problems and to force solutions which are essential to a green and peaceful future.
Australian Student Environment Network
The Australian Student Environment Network is made up of campus environment collectives all over the continent working for a just and sustainable future. ASEN aims to provide resources and support to collectives across the country, share skills, passion, experience, resources, ideas and run campaigns together for positive social change.
Beyond Nuclear Initiative weblog
Beyond Nuclear Initiative weblog. This site is a snapshot of current nuclear free campaigns in Australia, particularly focusing on the proposal for a federal radioactive waste dump in the Northern Territory.
'Don't nuke the climate!' international campaign website
'Don't Nuke the Climate!' campaign website leading up to the 2009 Copenhagen climate summit.
Correcting nuclear misinformation - FoE blog
This Friends of the Earth blog aims to correct false claims made about nuclear power and related issues. Regularly updated.
'Beds Are Burning' FoE protest video: November 2009
'Beds Are Burning' anti-uranium mining protest by Friends of the Earth against Australia's Environment Minister and former singer Peter Garrett. Melbourne, 12 November 2009.
Radioactive Show on 3CR: podcasts
The Radioactive Show on 3CR is an anti-nuclear program with up-to-date news and information on nuclear, peace and energy issues. It is broadcasted on 855 AM Saturdays between 10-10.30am and repeated the following Tuesday at 6.30-7am. If you miss the shows, podcasts (link below) are able to be downloaded.
Aborigines and Uranium: Monitoring the Health Hazards, 2006
AIATSIS Research Discussion Paper No 20, Aborigines and Uranium: Monitoring the Health Hazards, by Colin Tatz and others. This report notes leakages, spillages and breaches of regulations at the Ranger Uranium Mine since 1981. It reports exploratory research that shows a singificant overall increase in the incidence of cancer among Aboriginal people in the Kakadu region where Ranger is located; and calls for comprehensive monitoring there, and wherever uranium mining occurs.
"Radiation sick" posters: MAPW and partners 2007
Four posters on health issues and the nuclear chain, were developed by MAPW, Friends of the Earth and Beyond Nuclear in consultation with Indigenous communities; with funds including a grant to MAPW from the JB Seed Foundation. View or download the art work at the FoEi website. Indigenous communities please welcome to contact the Arid Lands Environment Centre for copies.



