Antinuclear

Australian news, and some related international items

Maralinga aboriginal land still contaminated by radioacticity

Tjarutja people ‘at risk’ from contaminated land ABC News 11 Nov 09

A South Australian ex-serviceman who was exposed to radiation during the Maralinga atomic tests in the 1950s and 60s says land should not be handed over to the traditional owners until a contaminated area is cleaned up or fenced off. Continue reading

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India aiming to persuade Rudd on Australian uranium

a-cat-CANLet’s not get carried away by Kevin Rudd’s holy sounding position on not selling uranium to India. The purported reason? Well, it’s because India has not signed the Nuclear Non-Prolieration Treaty. The likely reason? Because our big uranium customer China, with its nuclear weapons, doesn’t want India to catch up, with its nuclear weapons Continue reading

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