Nuclear Free Media Releases

Cover blown on nukes: Cabinet to open Australia’s door to nuclear waste and enrichment - July 15, 2008

Federal Government assurances that it will not continue Australia’s membership of the exclusive Global Nuclear Energy Partnership have been exposed as misleading by the release of a letter that confirms it is still considering it.

Secret Cabinet move to open Australia’s door to nuclear waste and enrichment - July 15, 2008

The Rudd Government has failed to distance itself from the nuclear legacy of the Howard Government and instead is moving to entrench Australia’s membership in an exclusive global nuclear club that opens the way for a nuclear industry and waste dump in Australia.

Federal light globe plan means no need for nuclear power - February 19, 2007

A new Federal Government plan to replace inefficient incandescent light globes with energy saving bulbs would take away the need for a nuclear power plant in Australia.

End of the line for reactor but where will the nuclear waste go? - February 01, 2007

The Wilderness Society calls on the Federal Government to outline where radioactive waste from the decommissioning of the Sydney nuclear reactor will be dumped.

International experts say Switkowski report a pre-determined conclusion - January 14, 2007

An international panel of experts has written to the Prime Minister's nuclear taskforce to condemn the Switkowski Report for failing to address major shortcomings and respond public feedback.

New report ignores long term cost of nuclear waste dumps in search of quick and dirty cash - December 04, 2006

A new House of Representatives Committee report is unbalanced and fails to examine the real costs of a nuclear industry for the Australian public. The Inquiry into developing Australia's non-fossil fuel energy industry report advocates turning Australia into an international nuclear waste dump.

New laws allow Australia to become world's nuclear waste dump - November 28, 2006

For the first time, Australia has opened the door to allow nuclear waste from all over the world to be sent to Australia and stored here under changes to laws passed by Federal Parliament last night.

Killing of US nuclear waste dump a major blow for Australian nuke industry - November 26, 2006

Plans for a high-level nuclear waste dump in the United States have been described as "dead right now" by US Senate Minority Leader, Harry Reid, signalling a major blow for Prime Minister John Howard's plans for nuclear power plants in Australia. The announcement in the US comes as the head of the Prime Minister's nuclear inquiry Ziggy Switkowski is proposing nuclear reactors in Australia within ten years.

Ziggy's view of Australia with 'bathrooms' of nuclear waste all over - November 22, 2006

The head of the Prime Minister's nuclear energy inquiry has today misled the public about the amount of waste created by a nuclear reactor and contradicted the draft nuclear energy and uranium mining inquiry report released yesterday.

Unsolved waste problems to increase if nuclear power used - November 20, 2006

A nuclear industry involving 25 reactors in Australia by 2050 would produce up to 45,000 tonnes of toxic waste that would remain deadly to humans for millions of years, the Federal Government's draft nuclear energy and uranium mining inquiry report has found.