Nuclear Power, Renewables or Clean Coal?  Energy Options for Australia

Expert speakers discuss the potential roles of renewables, fossil fuels and nuclear power in Australia.

Sustainable Living Festival forum

Saturday, 16th February 2008

10.30am - 12pm

Venue: BMW Edge, Federation Square

Contact: Jim Green 0417 318 368

Speakers:

* Peter Johnston - Professor of Nuclear Physics, RMIT

* Alan Pears - energy efficiency/conservation expert, RMIT

* Dr Gavin Mudd - Dept. of Civil Engineering, Monash University

* Dr Jim Green - Beyond Nuclear Initiative

MC: Michaela Stubbs, Friends of the Earth.

Peter Johnston is a Professor in the Physics Department at RMIT. He was a member of the Switkowski Nuclear Review Panel in 2006.

Alan Pears is an Adjunct Professor at RMIT University, teaching energy policy and climate change policy and mitigation measures. Alan is co-director of Sustainable Solutions, an environmental consultancy.

Jim Green is the national campaigner of the Beyond Nuclear Initiative, a collaboration between the Poola Foundation (Tom Kantor Fund), the Australian Conservation Foundation and Friends of the Earth.

Gavin Mudd, a lecturer in the Dept. of Civil Engineering at Monash University, has been researching the environmental impacts of uranium mining for over a decade.

Michaela Stubbs is co-ordinator of the Anti-nuclear and Clean Energy Collective at Friends of the Earth, Melbourne, and co-ordinator of FoE Australia's Nuclear Freeways campaign.