Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s ruling Labor party will debate lifting the ban on the sales of uranium to India at its conference next month, a decision unlikely to be welcomed by the Greens.
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Ridding the world of nuclear threats?
The central Asian state of Kazakhstan was among the first to ban all nuclear weapons testing on its territory. Last month the government established the world’s first international nuclear …
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BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam uranium mine expansion
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The Federal and South Australian Governments are currently considering the final Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed expansion of the Olympic Dam mine. This is the last …
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Why BHP Billiton must never expand Olympic Dam uranium mine
Twelve minute video on the dangers of uranium mining and radiation exposure and the particular hazards posed by BHP Billiton’s planned expansion of uranium mining in South Australia. A decision on expansion is to be …
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Japan’s Fukushima catastrophe brings big radiation spikes to British Columbia
“There have been massive radiation spikes in Canada because of Fukushima,” said Gordon Edwards, president of the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility. “The authorities don’t …
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Revealed: British government’s plan to play down Fukushima
Internal emails seen by Guardian show PR campaign was launched to …
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Too Cheap to Meter: The Top 10 Myths of Nuclear Power
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Wind power cheaper than nuclear, says EU climate chief
Connie Hedegaard says declining cost of offshore wind energy makes it genuine alternative to …
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The government isn’t telling us the true cost of nuclear waste disposal
UK plans for ten new nuclear power plants will create £80 billion worth of radioactive waste that we still have no secure way …
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Nuclear Power? 8 Questions Need to Be Answered
Rising greenhouse gases. Climate change. Rising energy costs. Declining fossil fuel reserves. Now the BP disaster. With the arguments against fossil fuels continuing to pile up it’s no wonder people have latched onto nuclear power …
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Apocalypse Now and Next: From Gulf Spill to Nuke Disaster
We just ignited a disaster beyond our technical control. Why are we on the brink of doing it again? Like Deepwater Horizon and Fermi, these …
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Nuclear Power and Public Health: the full story on the health effects of nuclear energy
The public health implications for a resurgence of nuclear power appear to have taken a subordinate position to the economic and global warming arguments that the industry has advanced to justify its expansion. The purpose …
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