Antinuclear

Australian news, and some related international items

Roxby Downs uranium mine will blow out greenhouse gases

“All of our efforts to reduce emissions, to conserve energy, will be undone by just one company, one project” The Advertiser DAVID NOONAN, 20 Jan 2010


The science of climate change demands action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. BHP Billiton’s proposed new open-pit mine at Roxby Downs would blow out SA’s greenhouse gas emissions by more than 12 per cent. Continue reading →

January 20, 2010 Posted by | climate change - global warming, energy, South Australia, uranium | , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Fremantle Anti Nuclear group (FANG) join international walk to the U.N.

While nuclear disarmament is something we should all be concerned about, we also need to look at the whole cycle of the nuclear industry. Nuclear weapons are the final product of an industry that has destroyed Indigenous peoples lands through out the world, caused the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people and left whole cities uninhabited. There is no “Peaceful Use” of  nuclear technology

Fremantle Anti Nuclear Group (FANG) members, Marcus Atkinson and Kerrie-Ann Garlick are heading to the United Sates to join with U.S based group Footprints for Peace to walk to the United Nations. Continue reading →

January 20, 2010 Posted by | politics international, Western Australia | , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Australian government continues to cover up radiation damage to veterans

successive governments continued to cover up the atomic test issue.

Rudd Government refuses to help Maralinga veterans sue Britain: The Courier-Mail Ian McPhedran January 20, 2010

THE Rudd Government has refused to help Australian veterans who are suing the British Government over radiation exposure during atomic bomb tests in the 1950s and 60s. Continue reading →

January 20, 2010 Posted by | AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, secrets and lies | , , , , | Leave a comment

New study shows low level radiation damage to nuclear bomb survivors

“This study provides the strongest evidence available to date that radiation may increase the rates of stroke and heart disease at moderate dose levels..”

A-bomb survivor data affirm radiation/CVD risk link the heart.org January 19, 2010 | Reed Miller Hiroshima, Japan – Fifty-three-year follow-up data confirm that Japanese atomic-bomb survivors exposed to at least 0.5 Gy of radiation have an excess risk of dying of heart disease or stroke . Continue reading →

January 20, 2010 Posted by | health | , , | Leave a comment