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Small modular reactor rhetoric hits a hurdle
June 23, 2020
Friends of the Earth Nuclear Free Campaigner, Dr Jim Green writes that there is nothing to justify the the hype of small modular reactor enthusiast in this article originally published on Renew Economy.
Read More ShareTake Action: Say no to the nuclear waste dump plan
March 19, 2020
The National Radioactive Waste Management Amendment Bill amends the National Radioactive Waste Management Act to specifically target South Australia for a national nuclear waste 'facility' ‒ a repository for low-level waste and an above-ground...
Read More ShareSupporters of nuclear need a reality check: it's staggeringly expensive
March 10, 2020
The NSW Parliament's State Development Committee released its report into nuclear power last week. Conservative committee members recommended repeal of state laws banning uranium mining and nuclear power, while Labor members want to retain...
Read More ShareKimba nuke decision dumps on Indigenous rights
February 13, 2020
The federal government's decision to place a a nuclear waste storage site at Kimba on SA's Eyre Peninsula turned deaf ears to the opposition of the area's native title holders, argues Jim Green and...
Read More ShareKimba nuclear waste dump: PM and SA Premier Marshall must step in
February 01, 2020
Federal resources minister Matt Canavan has today announced his intention to move ahead with plans for a national nuclear waste dump near Kimba on SA's Eyre Peninsula.
Read More ShareForgetting Fukushima
January 28, 2020
Irresponsible tactics are being used to bury social and environmental problems associated with the Fukushima nuclear disaster as Olympics approach in Japan.
Read More ShareUranium bulls 'as rare as white unicorns'
November 26, 2019
Uranium bulls are "as rare as white unicorns" according to a commentary in FNArena in September 2019, and the market is "sick and dying" with uranium "quickly becoming a dinosaur of a commodity".
Read More ShareBHP Olympic Dam tailings an "extreme risk" to workers and the environment
October 24, 2019
David Noonan, a long time anti-nuclear activist, writes in Chain Reaction magazine about BHP's plans for its controversial Olympic Dam Mine in South Australia.
Read More Share50+ groups sign joint civil society statement on domestic nuclear power
September 30, 2019
Friends of the Earth Australia is proud to be among the 50+ groups to sign the following statement calling for a clean, green, nuclear-free future.
Read More ShareTake Action: Stop the National Radioactive Waste Facility in South Australia.
September 16, 2019
The Federal Government wants to put a National Radioactive Waste Facility in Kimba or the Flinders Ranges in South Australia. Send a submission to the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science (DIIS).
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