Radioactive or nuclear waste management necessitates particular scrutiny because of its long-term threat to human and environmental health. All nuclear industry activities, from nuclear medicine through to nuclear power and weapons, produce nuclear waste. Any object can become radioactive waste by being exposed, such as gloves from medical procedures such as radiology, protective clothing from […]
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Uranium mining and exports
The issues surrounding uranium mining and exports are of critical importance to the work of MAPW. The supply of uranium to the world’s markets undeniably links Australia to the spread of nuclear technology and therefore also implicates us in the further production of nuclear weapons. MAPW has maintained a strong policy of opposition to uranium […]
Dialogue: the solution to conflict – Lebanon
Lebanon again finds itself the proxy battleground for regional conflicts and disagreement. Can dialogue and inter-religious harmony offer an alternative to military conflict? Public forum organised by United Australian Lebanese Movement, with Pax Christi. Speakers: