Uranium mining and nuclear power in Australia MAPW policy adopted in 1987 Preamble MAPW (Australia) opposing all preparations to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons and strongly supporting the abolition of all nuclear weapons, recognizes the following:
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Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and US withdrawal – 2002
Nuclear chain
Uranium munitions
Uranium munitions – "Tolerable" radiological weapons? MAPW policy statement adopted 1 November 2003 Depleted uranium internal contamination presents a potential neurotoxic, endocrine, reproductive, nephrotoxic, and mutagenic hazard. (Military Medicine Vol.167, Aug. 2002) RECOMMENDATIONSMAPW recommends:
Nuclear war facilities
The presence on Australian soil of facilities which relate to preparing for or fighting a nuclear war MAPW policy adopted in 1986 Preamble MAPW (Australia) recognises that 1. In the event of nuclear war, any adequate medical response would be impossible.
Nuclear vessels visits
Visits of nuclear powered and/or capable ships and aircraft MAPW policy adopted 1986 Preamble The nuclear arms race deprives millions of people of basic human needs and threatens all life on earth.