Antinuclear

Australian news, and some related international items

Review: Uranium and nuclear skulduggery

a-cat-CANAustralia: – Corrupt dealings over Marathon’s uranium exploration.  Telstra closes down nuclear veterans’ website – under govt pressure? The case against the govt’s plans for radioactive waste dumping in NT – is taken internationally. mainstream media wrongly portrays Peter Beatties as pro-nuclear. A High Court ruling further limits aborigines’ land rights

International:  Nuclear lobby aims to take over US Climate Bill. Revelations of France and Germany’s unsafe radioacttive waste dumping in Siberia. AREVA’s half-built nuclear reactors in Finland and France are plagued with problems, lawsuits, and ever-escalating costs. French govt not likley to compensate Polynesian nuclear bomb test victims. – the week that has been

October 20, 2009 Posted by | Christina reviews, uranium | , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

British nuclear bomb tests in Australia

Maralinga Our Own Shame – UK Nuclear Bomb Tests in Australia   – Care2 News Network (UK) by David Buchan 19 Oct 09 Britain actively used Australian soil and people to conduct it’s nuclear testing program during the 1950s and 1960s. Continue reading

October 20, 2009 Posted by | 1, AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, secrets and lies, uranium | , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Maralinga atomic testing :The Anangu Story

Maralinga: The Anangu Story 50 years ago secret atomic tests were carried out on Australian soil at a place called “Maralinga” in north–western South Australia. Continue reading

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Time to learn from desert knowledge of aboriginal people

New insight into heritage of desert Aboriginal people Stock Journal 17/10/2009 A UNIQUE report written in both in the Alyawarr Aboriginal language and English marks a new milestone in Australia’s efforts to perpetuate the deep knowledge and cultural heritage of desert Aboriginal people. Continue reading

October 20, 2009 Posted by | 1, AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, climate change - global warming, energy, environment | , , , , , | Leave a comment