Nuclear Free Info

The problem - June 06, 2008

There are three big, unresolved problems of the nuclear fuel chain: nuclear waste, safety and nuclear weapons. After 50 years, the nuclear power industry still has no proven method to safely dispose of highly toxic radioactive waste anywhere in the world.

The solution - May 01, 2008

The solutions to climate change are renewable energies, energy efficiency and protecting our forests and bushland. And the good news is that the technologies and the know-how to deliver these solutions already exist!

… and success - June 02, 2008

The Wilderness Society’s nuclear free campaign was established to overturn John Howard’s nuclear plans for Australia and to promote the real solutions to climate change. With the Labor victory in the November 2008 federal election, the campaign is no longer needed in its current form. However, we continue our work for a nuclear-free Australia.

25 nuclear reactors by 2050! - January 09, 2007

The Prime Minister has got the nuclear report he wanted. The pro-nuclear
panel released its report on Nov. 21 and found that Australia
could have 25 nuclear power reactors by 2050, a nuclear fuel production
plant and a high-level nuclear waste dump.

What were the Howard Government’s Plans? - June 06, 2008

The Howard Federal Government planned to build a nuclear waste dump in the Northern Territory. It even enacted special legislation, the Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management Act (CRWMA) in late 2005 in the hope of foisting a nuclear waste dump on the Northern Territory.