Australia’s nuclear lobby keen to “educate” schoolchildren
Forget the nuclear family we are soon going to have nuclear classrooms if ANSTO has its way BRUCE MCDOUGALL THE DAILY TELEGRAPH MAY 28, 2015
AUSTRALIA’S nuclear facility at Lucas Heights is spearheading a major push to encourage schoolchildren to become scientists.
Thousands of secondary students have been invited to tour the country’s only operational nuclear reactor, meet its scientists and study their research programs.
As Federal Education Minister Christopher Pyne launched a plan to make maths and science compulsory in the final year of school, 250 students arrived at Lucas Heights yesterday to work on special projects.
The Year 9 and Year 10 students from seven schools took part in a series of competitive challenges at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)……http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/forget-the-nuclear-family-we-are-soon-going-to-have-nuclear-classrooms-if-ansto-has-its-way/story-fni0cx12-1227372012172
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