USA’s Delaware region’s population at risk from nuclear power growth
they [Nuclear Regulatory Commission] have acknowledged in public documents that it is “virtually certain” that radiation exposures will occur more than 150 miles from big reactors in a serious accident……………
(USA) Nuclear growth puts region at risk The Daily Times, By Jeff Montgomery • July 11, 2010 P ort Penn resident Julie L. Harrington is surrounded by nuclear reactors. Continue reading
The world remembers how France blew up anti nuclear protest ship
The tragedy reinforced powerfully New Zealand’s sense that it had been right to ban nuclear-powered or armed ships,
Rainbow Warrior fallout still felt, 25 years on * Rowan Callick, The Australian * July 10, 2010 “…….Around the world, the blowing up of the Greenpeace boat Rainbow Warrior in Auckland, 25 years ago today, still reverberates Continue reading
See online films of New Zealand’s anti-nuclear stand
Today (Saturday 10 July) is the 15th anniversary of the Greenpeace ship the Rainbow Warrior bombing by French agents. To mark the date, New Zealand On Screen has launched four titles exploring anti-nuclear protest and the politics of New Zealand’s ‘no nukes’ stand.
The movies can be watched online, for free.
When a Warrior Dies – a documentary on the aftermath of the bombing and the efforts by Greenpeace and sculptor Chris Booth to create a remembrance monument.
http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/when-a-warrior-dies-1991
Fallout – excerpts from award-winning Tom Scott and Greg McGee-scripted mini series dramatising events leading to NZ’s 80s ‘No Nukes’ stand
http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/fallout-1994/series
Mururoa 1973 – a landmark Alister Barry doco about protest flotilla who risked their lives travelling to French nuclear testing zone at Mururoa.
http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/mururoa-1973
A Nuclear Free Pasific – documentary on the long struggle for a treaty to declare the South Pacific free of nuclear arms.
http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/a-nuclear-free-pacific–niuklia-fri-pasifik-1988
Students protest uranium mining companies beyond the law
“The Australian public think we live in a democracy but when it comes to particularly uranium mines, they not applicable. They are exempt,……
Protesters slime offices on the “Nuclear scumbags tour of Adelaide” | Reportage 9 July 2010, Hundreds of students have protested outside the offices of the big players from Australia’s uranium industry.The ‘Nuclear Scumbags tour’ day of action was part of the Students of Sustainability (SOS) conference being hosted by Flinders University in Adelaide on Wednesday. Continue reading
VIDEO – a Nuclear Free Pacific
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NZ On Screen – A Nuclear Free Pacific (Niuklia Fri Pasifik)
A Nuclear Free Pacific (Niuklia Fri Pasifik), NZ On Screen – 10 July, This documentary travels to nine Pacific nations, including New Zealand, to chronicle the long struggle to create a regional nuclear arms free zone. Interviews with politicians, activists, radiation victims and American and French admirals are counterpointed. When hopes of a treaty are dashed at a South Pacific Forum meet, it is pointed out that the David Lange-trumpeted independence of NZ’s nuclear free policy is evidently “not for export”. Local music scores the doco, including Australia’s Midnight Oil, whose lead singer (future MP Peter Garrett) is interviewed.
Forcing Aboriginals off their land in the interests of uranium mining
A monster has been created in our name called the Mining Industry, we all benefit from it, but not nearly as much as the Mining Magnates who run and control them. Our silence in the face of such blatant land grabs is no longer acceptable – we can no longer be innocent bystanders in our own country.
Terry Fitzpatrick Homily July 4 2010 NAIDOC WEEK » St Mary’s “……… ….Under the new Northern Territory Housing laws, and with the suspension of the Racial Discrimination Act, Aboriginal people living on their own country who receive any form of Centrelink income support are being forced to give up their control of their land. Continue reading
Encouraging advice for Australian Govt and Nuclear Industry
Having Troubles with your local Aborigines? 20 Ways to Commit Publicly Acceptable Genocide
“……13, When Aboriginal people protest mining and development on their own land, tell them they don’t understand what’s good for them. Tell them that they should be grateful for radioactive pollution because it comes with a cheque from the mining company. Make sure the government doesn’t provide any services to areas with high Aboriginal populations. Allow the mining companies to promise a service infrastructure well below the national standard. Tell the Aborigines that without the mining company they will have nothing. Don’t be bothered if the mining company fails all promises. Set up an extra government department to look at Aboriginal services. Uset his money to subsidise another government department. Use the leftovers to subsidise the obligations of the mining company. Announce an increase in government funding on the needs of Aboriginal people, as though housing is a special need of Aborigines. Thank the mining company for caring for the community and contributing to the economy….” Adapted by Emma Heughan and Matt Fagan from an untitled article obtained from the internet dealing with the genocide of Native Americans.
Aboriginals’ welfare quarantining to provide land for uranium mining
It is clear who will benefit [mining companies, esp uranium] as Aboriginal people move off their land, settle in larger towns and lose connection with country.
What’s behind the NT intervention? | Green Left Weekly. July 3, 2010By Peter Robson, Continue reading
24 years of radiation testing on British sheep
Before farmers in restricted areas can sell or move any of their livestock, they must have each animal tested…….
Scottish sheep farms finally free of Chernobyl fallout – Science, News – The Independent. By Kevin Rawlinson and Rachel Hovenden, 7 July 2010 Continue reading
Australia’s Northern Territory intervention a guise for taking Aboriginal land
South Australia’s Honeymoon uranium mine to be taken over by Russian govt
Uranium One’s Honeymoon Well uranium project in South Australia will move into Russian government hands.
Uranium One to ARMZ? | Industrial Fuels and Power, 9 July 2010, Uranium One, the second largest uranium company in Canada, is reportedly being taken over by ARMZ, a division of the Russian state nuclear company Rosatom. Continue reading
Northern Territory govt wimping out on nuclear waste dump issue?
A spokeswoman for the Territory Government last night told the ABC the nuclear storage issue was mentioned but was not discussed in detail.
Labor missed chance on nuclear dump: CLP ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) 8 July 2010, The Northern Territory Opposition says the Henderson Government missed a golden opportunity during the Prime Minister’s visit to take a stance against a nuclear waste dump being built in the Territory. Continue reading
Changes to Australia’s Law planned, to further uranium mining
sends a further public message about the likelihood of uranium mining being an increasing part of the mining landscape in Australia.
Changes to Commonwealth environmental approvals for uranium mining Australia, Lexology -July 6 2010 In brief:
- The Federal Government released its response to Deloitte’s 2008 Review of Regulatory Efficiency in Uranium Mining in May 2010.
- The response indicates there may be major changes to the environmental regulation of uranium mining in Australia. These may facilitate the approvals process for uranium mining. Continue reading
India’s nuclear plans just a “plum market” for USA nuclear companies
In the event of a tragedy, tax payers will have to cough up the compensation while foreign companies will go scot free,” ….. foreign nuclear companies have seen their market dry up in the US, UK and France because no new plants have been set up there in 20-30 years, and therefore, India was a plum market. And it is with an eye on securing these companies’ interests that the US and other developed nations are insisting that India pass the Nuclear Civil Liability Bill.
Public hearing nukes civil liability bill. Indian Express, 07 Jul 2010, HYDERABAD: Speakers at a public consultation on the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill 2010 held here today pilloried the Union government for learning nothing from the Bhopal gas tragedy. They described as a sellout the Bill’s provision to impose a ceiling on the compensation payable by foreign nuclear suppliers in the eventuality of a nuclear accident. Continue reading
Australia’s students take to the streets against the uranium/nuclear industry
7 July 2010, Students take to the street to hold nuclear scumbags accountable.
Today hundreds of students from across Australia will take to the streets of Adelaide on The ‘Nuclear Scumbags Tour’. This will be a creative and informative demonstration by Traditional Owners, students, and community members speaking out against the coercion and exploitation of Aboriginal communities by Government and nuclear industry alike. The irresponsible industry practices combined with the lack of ethical government policy shows complete disregard for the environment, water and indigenous rights. Continue reading
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