Anti-nuclear movement in Australia
Australia has no nuclear power stations and the current Rudd Labor government is opposed to nuclear power for Australia.[1][2] However, Australia does have a small research reactor (OPAL) in Sydney, and it does export uranium. Australia has 40% of the world's known uranium deposits and sells uranium to members of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.[3]
Uranium mining and export and nuclear issues have often been the subject of public debate, and the anti-nuclear movement in Australia has a long history. Its origins date back to the 1972–73 debate over French nuclear testing in the Pacific, which mobilised several groups, and the 1976–77 debate about uranium mining in Australia.[4]
Jabiluka
Jabiluka was a planned uranium mine on the land of the indigenious Mirarr people.[5] The jabiluka uranium mine was occupied by environmental activists in 1998. In 2002, the project was stopped.
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References
- ↑ Support for N-power falls The Australian, 30 December 2006. Retrieved 12 January 2008.
- ↑ Rudd romps to historic win The Age, 25 November 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2008.
- ↑ China to buy Australian uranium BBC News, 3 April 2006. Retrieved 12 January 2008.
- ↑ Australia's anti-nuclear movement: a short history Green Left Online, 26 August 1998. Retrieved 12 January 2008.
- ↑ http://www.mirarr.net/
