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Antisemitism Royal Commission dilemma: not all Jews think the same

None of this is to excuse ‘real’ antisemitism. If the latest Pew  Research Center survey, just released in the last few days in the USA, is anything to go by, 60% of US adults have an unfavourable view of Israel.

by Jeffrey Loewenstein | Apr 27, 2026 | 

With the Antisemitism Royal Commission due to publish its interim report this week, a reckoning between Judaism and Israel is long overdue. Jewish community leader Jeffrey Loewenstein with the story.

Let it be said, unequivocally, antisemitism per se, as indeed any form of vilification or bigotry, is to be abhorred and has no place in a civilised community.

The vexed question of antisemitism, and what that actually means and encompasses – let alone how to combat it – will be front and centre of the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social  Cohesion’s deliberations and, one assumes, findings.

The so-called majority of the Jewish community for whom the likes of the ECAJ, the Zionist  Federation, AIJAC and the NCJW seek to speak, have shown themselves as either unequivocally positive mouthpieces supporting Israel’s actions – be it the invasion of Gaza, the killing and maiming of its people, starving Gazans, demolishing Gazan infrastructure, denying medical supplies and equipment entering Gaza, the lawlessness, the so-called settlers in the West  Bank, etc.,

“or simply staying silent, no matter how egregious Israel’s actions have been.“

To say that it demonstrates an indifference to the suffering of the Gazans or the Palestinians in the West Bank is putting it mildly. It certainly demonstrates a lack of humanity and an absence of a moral compass.

And this from a people who claim to abide by the Ten Commandments and the edict of Rabbi Hillel, “That which is hateful to you, do not do unto your fellow.” That is the whole Torah; the rest is the explanation; go and learn.” (Babylonian Talmud, Shabbat 31a).

Israel’s ‘success’

The man in the street who probably considers Israel as a ‘successful’ smart country, a leader in technology and medicine, with a ‘smart’ Mossad security service, watching the nightly news bulletin with its stark images of the wanton killing and maiming of Gazans by the Israelis and children starving – and now the ongoing onslaught being undertaken by the Israelis in Lebanon –  is going to be left angered and wondering how it is Israel – or is it simply the Jews – are allowing all of this to happen.

Add to that seeing Jews in Australia regularly parading with Israeli flags draped around their shoulders and waving small Israeli flags is almost certainly going to lead the average person to accept what Israeli PM Netanyahu has been saying for years – that Israel, and he, speak for and represent all Jews in the world.

“As for this writer, certainly not!“

Even our political leaders are confused. One Federal Minister justified the entry into Australia of Israeli President Herzog on the grounds that the Jewish community sought comfort post Bondi from “their national leader”. Again, not true for many.

A royal dilemma


The Royal Commissioner is going to be confronted with some stark facts. For starters, how the majority of Jews view Israel and support it.An example relating to those tragically slain in Bondi: video footage and photos of the Bondi Chabad rabbi post October 7, handing over monies in the West Bank in support of the settlers and posing with a rifle and rocket.

The ready conflating of being anti-Israel and what is said to be antisemitism is nowhere better seen than in the ECAJ Report on antisemitism in Australia, citing as part of its statistics how, allegedly, antisemitism has risen in Australia post October 7 by something such as a daubing on a wall “Free  Palestine”.

The Special Envoy on antisemitism, Jillian Segal, would have us believe that the weekly protest marches, and even the eventful march across the Sydney Harbour Bridge (under the Banner, March for Humanity), engendered antisemitism.

Antisemitic or anti-Israel?

There have been many attempts to conflate being anti-Israel with being antisemitic, including pushing the IHRA “definition” of antisemitism.

Aside from many learned Jewish scholars challenging the definition, many Jews, critical of Israel, would be “caught” as being anti-Semitic. Members of the Australian Jewish community are now publicly (even on ABC Radio National) resorting to calling those Jews who speak out about Israel’s actions as being “anti-Jewish”.

Interestingly, a research report, ‘The Journeys and Destinations of Young Jewish Anti-Zionists’, out of the USA a couple of months ago, concluded, inter alia, that many said to be anti-Zionist were deeply knowledgeable about Jewish practice and history, with some having attended Jewish day schools and some serving as rabbis.

There is no reason to think that those findings in the USA would not equally apply in Australia.

It has hardly been surprising that people have been venting their anger at Israel’s actions. The weekly demonstrations for more than 2 ½ years are clear evidence of that.

“The Royal Commissioner and the majority of Jews in Australia are going to have to grapple with anti-Israel sentiment.“

And in both political parties, majorities of adults under the age of 50 now rate Israel and Netanyahu negatively, and six-in-ten have a very or somewhat unfavourable view of Israel. It is likely a survey in Australia would parallel the US one.

The Royal Commissioner will be hard-pressed to come up with definitive findings as her mandate requires. For their part, there are going to be many Jews unable to explain why there has been this so-called antisemitism as distinct from things best described as simple anti-Israeli / anti-Zionist sentiment.

One very obvious question, and the critical one which is the elephant in  the room no one seems to want to ask is,

“why is it that this so-called and alleged antisemitism has risen since 7 October?“


Jeffrey Loewenstein

Jeffrey Loewenstein LL.B was a member of the Victorian Bar and a one-time Chairman of the Anti-Defamation Commission and member of the Jewish Community Council of Victoria.

May 4, 2026 Posted by | politics | Leave a comment

Nuclear-related news – week to 2 May

Some bits of good news –  
Nightingales coming back to England     
An infectious eye disease was eradicated in Australia.  57 governments gathered for the first
 conference on transitioning away from fossil fuels.  
(These 3 articles come from Positive News – a helpful. positive resource)

TOP STORIES. 

Adi Roche: My nightmare is that the next Chernobyl event occurs at Chernobyl itself.
Yanis Varoufakis on Palantir and its 22 points.
Charles III and Britain’s pathological obsession with Russia. 
Genocide—and Complicity: Washington Insider Says the Word They Avoid – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iCZtbIPmss 
From the 1953 Coup to Today: Jeffrey Sachs Explains America’s Endless War on Iran.

Climate. Hope is contagious and science is king: 10 big lessons on ending the fossil fuel era. Nations have chance to break ‘fossil fuel mindset’: Mary Robinson. 

Toxins plus climate harms likely cause of reduced fertility, study finds.

Noel’s notes. If scientific facts are uncomfortable to us, well don’t worry – they can be changed.

AUSTRALIA.How AUKUS is Becoming the Largest Wealth Transfer in Australian History – and Why the Government Won’t Tell You the Cost.

 UK parliament’s AUKUS inquiry report questions if Britain can keep nuclear submarine promises.

 Antisemitism Royal Commission dilemma: not all Jews think the same. 

The Enforcement- The lobby that bought Australian democracy. Antisemitism and Israel: A challenge to the Australian narrative.

Australia’s “Antisemitism Envoy” Makes It Clear That Israel’s Critics Are The Real Target. 

More Australian news at https://antinuclear.net/2026/04/28/australian-nuclear-related-news-week-to-2nd-may/

NUCLEAR-RELATED ITEMS

ATROCITIES. Settler pogroms in Palestine are part of Israel’s illegal expansion policy. Obliteration Ecocide from Gaza to Lebanon and Beyond. 
ECONOMICS. Nuclear Fusion’s Funding Rush Comes With a Catch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAJTkL99anI Norway says “nuclear renaissance” too expensive. EU economic sanctions ramp up NATO war plan on Russia.  The US Tech Giant Where Employees Wear Israeli Defense Fprce Uniforms To Work 
ENERGY. Renewables Mix Beats Nuclear on Price in Future Energy Systems. Perspectives on nuclear power. 
ENVIRONMENT. The Buzz About Chornobyl, 40 Years Later – How Do We Tell the Bees? 
ETHICS and RELIGION. US and Israel Claimed to Be Fighting for Iranian Minorities — While Bombing Them. Trump to America…’No dough for the Commons. I need it for my criminal wars’. Who Decides What Is a Just War? – Imperial Violence and the Lies We Tell About Peace. 
EVENTS. 19 May – Webinar- Webinar: No Nuclear Weapons in Australia 
HEALTH. LEST WE FORGET – REMEMBERING THE HUMAN IMPACT OF THE CHORNOBYL DISASTER. 
MEDIA. Israel Kills Journalist in Lebanon After “Hunting” Down Her and a Colleague. Nuclear Abolition- A Scenario 
PERSONAL STORIES. ‘I miss our land. Chernobyl broke us’: The families who lost their homes after world’s worst nuclear accident. No contact, no fresh air: 206 days aboard a nuclear submarine. Is President Trump mentally unstable? (Part 2). 

POLITICS.

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY.

PUBLIC OPINION. Poll Finds Just 4 Percent of Democrats Support Increasing Military Aid to Israel. 
SAFETY. US to give $100 million to repair damaged Chornobyl nuclear shelter, Kyiv says. Inside Chornobyl: 40 years after disaster, nuclear site still at risk. More costs for Europe in the never-ending effort to keep Chornobyl safe. US NRC Approves 20-Year Lifetime Extensions For St. Lucie Nuclear Plants. 
SECRETS and LIES. Three Recent Examples Of AI Being Used For Empire Propaganda. ‘Spies inside the Holy See’: Report reveals US espionage campaign targeting Pope Leo XIV. 40 years after Chernobyl, Stasi files reveal scale of Soviet misinformation. 
SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. Satellites launched for coming war on China. 
SPINBUSTER. Greg Jackson brands new nuclear a ‘fantasy future’. 
WASTES. Inside the bizarre race to secure Earth’s nuclear tombs. 
WAR and CONFLICT. ‘Spring 2026’ Flotilla Sets Sail From Sicily To Break Gaza Blockade.- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzP1tn_hEHc&t=95s Deadly strike by Ukraine at Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant as chilling warning issued. 
WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. Why Expanded Plutonium Pit Production is Wrong. Reining In The Pentagon – Can the Military-Industrial Beast Be Tamed? Iran didn’t have a nuclear weapon before this war – But you can see why it would develop one now, 

May 4, 2026 Posted by | Weekly Newsletter | Leave a comment

Israel: The most dangerous nation on Earth

By George Grundy | 22 April 2026, https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/israel-the-most-dangerous-nation-on-earth,20955

Israel’s escalating actions and influence over U.S. policy are framed as the trigger for a global crisis, with Australia set to bear the economic fallout, writes George Grundy.een enough to say it with absolute certainty: the Israeli army is the most depraved army’ ~ Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur.

“The [IDF] is the most moral army in the world” ~ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

‘I have seen enough to say it with absolute certainty: the Israeli army is the most depraved army’ ~ Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur.

Benjamin Netanyahu’s influence over U.S. President Donald Trump may be the defining reason why America made the catastrophic decision to go to war with Iran, which is why the Strait of Hormuz remains closed, which in turn explains why Australia seems poised to experience an unprecedented oil shock.

Many economists forecast that our economy is about to grind to a halt, perhaps for months, so Australians must be clear-eyed about the role Israel has played in this disaster.

The prevailing view in Western politics, media and society has, for many decades, been that the Middle East is a “tough neighbourhood” (implicitly absolving Israel of blame for its occasional bouts of brutality), and an assumption that the “only democracy in the region” was committed to peace and, ultimately, a two-state solution with the Palestinians.

This was and remains an absolute fiction. Even the most casual glance at a map showing the shrinking landmass of Gaza and the West Bank (particularly since 1967) makes clear that the two-state solution was a lie, a fig-leaf allowing successive Israeli governments to expand territory and further immiserate the hapless Palestinians.

Yet what was an ongoing and immoral delusion moved from disaster to catastrophe, following the atrocious attack by Hamas in October 2023. Prime Minister Netanyahu appears to have viewed the atrocity as an opportunity to implement the long-held Zionist goal of establishing a “Greater Israel”, the first stage of which was to be the complete obliteration of Gaza.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has attempted to walk a fine line in his relations with Israel, recognising a Palestinian state but risking significant political damage by inviting Israel’s President to our shores.

Albanese’s clinging to established international dogma, whilst a betrayal of his past beliefs, might be acceptable in earlier times, but global tectonic plates are shifting at a pace unmatched since perhaps 1945.

Australians of all political persuasions should rightly consider whether Israel is indeed a moral player on the world stage and whether our country should continue to align itself with a regime that has:

  • Used snipers to deliberately target infants and children in Gaza, killing thousands and creating the largest group of childhood amputees in modern history. Israel has subsequently blocked the distribution of prosthetic limbs for survivors.
  • Dropped bombs on civilians sheltering in tents, burning people alive. An Australian doctor said she delivered a baby by C-section from a nine-month pregnant woman with no head, following an Israeli strike. In late 2023, the IDF forced staff out of a Gaza hospital at gunpoint and left newborn babies to starve and die. Every hospital in the territory has now been destroyed.
  • Killed at least 80,000 in Gaza (the true number is probably much higher), targeting children, medical and power facilities, schools, mosques, hospitals and ambulances, water purification, journalists and civic leaders, whilst stopping nearly all aid and medicine from entering — actions clearly aimed at devastating every aspect of civil society and starving the population. A genocide, in other words.
  • Attacked and killed UN peacekeepers in Lebanon. Used banned white phosphorous and cluster munitions while destroying countless villages, and carried out clear acts of ethnic cleansing that have left over a million people displaced, including around 370,000 children. Oxfam has stated that Israeli tactics used in Gaza are now being exported to Lebanon, a nation now suffering one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises on Earth.
  • Tortured and murdered Palestinian children. The IDF buried captured Palestinian children alive in mass graves, after tying their hands behind their backs. An 18-month-old Palestinian child recently taken into custody by the IDF was returned with cigarette burns on its legs, having been tortured to get a confession from its father.
  • Institutionalised the practice of “double tap” attacks, whereby an initial bombing is followed by subsequent attacks on the same location, killing first responders and medics. Just last week, Israel carried out a “quadruple tap” in southern Lebanon, killing those trying to help the injured over and over again.
  • Trained and used dogs to rape Palestinian detainees and prisoners (according to B’Tselem and EuroMed Human Rights Monitor). In fact, sexual torture of Palestinians is so widespread that it has been described as “organised state policy”. One UN report highlighted the use of rape with bottles, metal rods and knives.


This is far from an exhaustive list. There is much, much more, often filled with unimaginable horror and moral degeneracy. As defined by Australian law, Israel is a terrorist state and carries out war crimes and grave violations of international humanitarian law almost daily.

Recently, Israel passed a law allowing capital punishment for Palestinians found guilty of “terrorism-related” crimes (which, given how Israel practices law against Palestinians, could mean nearly anything). The law only applies to Palestinians — an Israeli convicted of the same crime is not subject to it, and judgment will be carried out by martial law, with no due process, clemency or appeal process.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir proudly posted a video of the proposed execution chamber in which convicted Palestinians will be hanged. Armed Israeli forces have begun the practice of putting numbers on the hands of displaced Palestinians in the West Bank.

As the IDF has advanced across southern Lebanon, they have explicitly warned Christian and Druze leaders not to harbour Shiite Muslims in their homes — Jewish troops forcing one particular religious group of people out of Lebanese society, potentially searching for them in their attics. Anyone with a knowledge of history should see the historical resonance of these monstrous practices.

Race-based execution laws, genocidal destruction, institutionalised rape, pogroms in the West Bank, military expansion in nearly all directions. A network of at least 16 torture camps, where thousands are held, often without charge. Were it not such a forbidden comparison, we might spot similarities to another fascist regime in the 1930s.

Those making the connection are hardly from the fringe. Almost half of Britons in one poll said they believed Israel treats Palestinians like the Nazis treated the Jews. Ehud Olmert, a former Prime Minister of Israel, signed a letter describing settler violence in the West Bank as ‘Jewish terrorism’.

Political scientist John Mearsheimer recently said:

“If there were Nuremberg trials, right, where the Israelis and the Americans were brought before the court, President Trump, along with President Netanyahu and many of their advisors, would be hanged.”

Imagine this horror was being carried out by any nation on Earth not named Israel. Ask yourself what poses the greater threat — Iran, which until Trump tore up the JCPOA agreement was clearly not developing a nuclear bomb, or Israel, wildly attacking everyone in sight, led by a genuine maniac and possessors of the world’s only undeclared nuclear arsenal.

Far from operating the most moral army in the world, overwhelming evidence shows that Israel is now an entirely rogue state, raping, starving, torturing and murdering its prisoners, bombing its neighbours indiscriminately, annexing nearby territory and goading its patron, America, into actions that could easily lead us to a new world war.

Israel is hardly shy about its intentions. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich recently gave a speech in which he said, “There will be expansion in Gaza that will extend our borders. In Lebanon, to the Litani, in Syria, Mount Hermon, parts of the north, south, and east.” This would represent a “Greater Israel” plan, stretching (one might say) from the river (Litani) to the (Mediterranean) sea.

Such is the insanity of the time in which we live that voicing this same expression in Queensland will land you in prison, while it is so widely used by Israeli politicians that it’s literally in the Twitter (X) bio of the Prime Minister’s son.

Yet, despite heartening protests in Tel Aviv, poll after poll shows that a majority of Israelis support this endless militarism. Young Israelis are more right-wing, religious and conservative than their elders. An eventual end to Netanyahu’s appalling leadership seems unlikely to reform Israeli society.

An unprecedented oil shock is nearly at Australia’s shores. It’s likely to be the most devastating event for this country since the Second World War and when it arrives, Australians should remember that the crisis originated in the White House situation room on 11 February, when Netanyahu finally convinced a gullible American president to carry out his decades-long wish for an attack on Iran.

Benjamin Netanyahu is a violent extremist, a fugitive from justice at the International Criminal Court, who cannot enter even the commercial airspace of many countries for fear of arrest. It was Netanyahu who convinced Trump to catastrophically withdraw from the JCPOA, Israel that is primarily responsible for the catastrophe currently re-shaping our world and Israel who will be culpable, should a worldwide famine ensue.

Israel is the single greatest threat to world peace today. The past comfy assumptions about global partnerships are gone. Australia should join the growing list of nations that want nothing to do with this belligerent, fascistic country.

May 4, 2026 Posted by | politics international | Leave a comment

Nuclear Power and Net Zero II Symposium – REPORT ON ATTENDANCE AT THE CONFERENCE

April 24 2026, Robyn Wood, Friends of the Earth Adelaide

My friend and I arrived early at the Waite campus of Adelaide University, and they had
two security guards standing outside the main doors armed only with radios.

It was an interesting day. They are a dedicated bunch, very polite, about 70 people, and
I think they believe their heart is in the right place. They are very negative about
renewables, kept going on about “baseload power” and they expect grid collapses and
blackouts within the next 5 years. They are most insistent that nuclear is cheaper than
renewables when you take the whole big picture into account (but apparently you
shouldn’t take the cost of building a nuclear power plant into account when measuring
how much the electricity it produces costs). They cherry picked and misinformed, things
they accuse the antinuclear movement of doing, and say the general public need more
education so they learn to love nuclear. 
I actually almost felt sorry for them with the current federal Labor government so
committed to renewables and antinuclear, and probably the next 2 federal governments
being Labor.

I asked electrical engineer Dr Robert Barr who presented “Integrating Nuclear into the
grid” if he had spoken to the government with his models of the NEM and pricing and he
said the government won’t speak to him but he has spoken to the opposition. He wanted
to use “cheaper gas” and I don’t know where he is going to find that with the Iran war
on. We saw his presentation last year and I asked him again what he based his costings
of long term high level waste disposal on and he still couldn’t remember but said it was
a small number. I was not very convinced.

They were even sad about all the education and scholarships going into school &
university students for AUKUS as they saw that as stealing away talent from future
nuclear power plant workers. They brought out the old chestnuts about AUKUS means
we should have nuclear power, and that because we sell uranium we should take back
the high level nuclear waste. My friend shut them up by saying we sell coal and other
products and don’t take back the waste so what makes nuclear waste special.

My friend got security called on him because he got so annoyed with former ANSTO
CEO Adi Patterson using data from 2020 and 2022 when the whole symposium was
supposed to be about advances from the last symposium in 2024 that he challenged
him. My friend interrupted Adi instead of waiting to the end asking him why his data was
so old and where was the recent data. People got cross with my friend for interrupting,
and 5 min later I noticed security standing next to him, but the guard never said
anything.  One old man complained at the break to the female MC that she hadn’t run
things properly by not stopping the argument, and she said she liked passionate
discussions but they should be in the QnA section. He then said to us that she couldn’t
take criticism!

They had a whole session strongly criticising renewables and I didn’t bother taking any
notes as I didn’t believe a word of their figures and models which were based on
ChatGPT. So many of the things they picked on renewables for also applied to nuclear
power, but they didn’t mention that. One example being the environmental damage of
mining and mineral processing which applies to both, but somehow it was only a
problem for renewables.

I asked ANSTO’s GE of ‘Nuclear Operations, Safety and Security’ Miles Apperley how
many safety incidents ANSTO had had over the years, and he said he didn’t understand
my question, so I narrowed it and asked him how many safety incidents ANSTO had
had while he had worked there. He said he wasn’t avoiding the question but they had a
safety culture and everything got reported, not necessarily to do with radiation, and the
most dangerous issue was the road entering the facility where there were no traffic
lights and there had been near misses. Then he tripped over someone’s bag and made
a joke about it being a safety issue. So he got away with avoiding my question. I would
have expected he would have had those safety statistics memorized due to his
responsibilities.

We found out that ANSTO has a program of giving tours to NSW school children, and
one man who worked in the regulatory sector said they provided information to schools
but teachers returned the information as they said it was too dangerous!

They all seemed to think the disposal of high level nuclear waste was solved as
Australia has “lots of land”. So I told the panel discussion that I was interested in deep
geological waste disposal of intermediate and high level waste, and was following
Finland who were still working on their deep geological waste dump after 20 years, and
asked how the panelists planned on dealing with the UN Rights of Indigenous People
when Aboriginal people had stopped the last four efforts at a low level ANSTO dump. (I
figured Aboriginal people should be mentioned as they hadn’t been so far). Jasmin Diab
(MD of Global Nuclear Security Partners and Former President of Women in Nuclear
(WiN) Australia) chose to answer me and said 20 years to build a high level dump
wasn’t a long time. She then gave me the answer I expected, and said they had learned
not to treat Traditional Owners as ‘stakeholders’ but as ‘partners’ (what the difference is
I have no idea), and to sit down together to solve the problem, and basically bribe them
with things like jobs and doctors for the town as we saw with Kimba and Hawker. MC
Kirsty Braybon (a lawyer who was the inaugural Head of Legal for the Australian
Radioactive Waste Agency) pointed out that the UN Rights of Indigenous people was
not legally binding and Australia had signed but not ratified it, but she expected future
dealings with the government to comply with it, and on other topics as well as nuclear
waste.

I was standing behind one man in his 60s in the lunch queue and eavesdropped on him
lamenting that the demographics in the room were mostly older people and he wanted
to know how to get younger people involved. There were a lot of men in their 60s and
70s. It seems retired engineers and scientists set up their own consultancies and try to
stay relevant. A few young men of uni student age attended who probably hoped for
AUKUS submarine jobs.
The scary thing for me is that there is a LOT of portable SMR R&D planned over the
next five years, especially in the US Department of War. Scottish nuclear construction
civil engineer Peter Anusuas who had worked on Sizewell C in the UK said the most
likely way nuclear power would enter Australia was via SMRs in the military or mining
industries. One woman said the mining industry wanted the pronuclear industry to lobby
the government for SMRs but didn’t want to be seen as behind them as they didn’t want
to go against the government’s

Their final session on “where to next” with lobbying with their expensively filmed video of
the day, and a written summary but didn’t come up with much. They said they needed to
start in primary schools showing kids that science was fun and interesting and you
wouldn’t end up sitting in a lab in a white coat doing maths all the time, which is exactly
what my science career was like!
All in all it was an interesting day and quite cheered me up how despondent and
rudderless they were even with Adelaide University financially supporting them. Despite
the university‘s financial support, tickets were $70 and there was no student
concession. The free lunch, coffee and cake were nice.
Robyn Wood
Friends of the Earth Adelaide
Adelaideoffice@foe.org.au

Nuclear Power and Net Zero II

April 24 2026
Waite Campus, Adelaide University
The topics and speakers may be found at the Humanitix link.
https://events.humanitix.com/nuclear-energy-and-net-zero-ii-symposium

Description: Following the very successful June 2024 half-day symposium on
“Nuclear Energy and Net Zero” and significant global developments since then,
Dr Rod Hill FTSE FRACI and Prof Geoff Fincher FAA FTSE have organised a
follow-up symposium entitled “NUCLEAR ENERGY & NET ZERO II – A 2026
UPDATE”.
The aims of the symposium are

  1. To provide a dispassionate, apolitical and evidence-based update on the
    potential role of nuclear energy in achieving Australia’s Net Zero targets and
  2. To prepare a summary of proceedings and primary outcomes for distribution to
    governments and other relevant parties.
    Twelve invited speakers will address many areas where significant advances
    have been made since the June 2024 symposium. These include:

 Current and planned global nuclear power generation as a component of the
global energy mix in countries overseas.
 Technology developments in large and small-scale reactors.
 Australia’s nuclear technology and reactor operations record and its fuel cycle,
including spent fuel transmutation and disposal.
 Integrating nuclear energy into the electricity grid.
 Nuclear power plant construction in the UK.
 Analysis of popular community perceptions of nuclear and renewable systems.
The symposium will conclude with a speaker panel Q&A discussion with the audience.

May 4, 2026 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment