Difference between revisions of "Anti-nuclear movement in Australia"
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| − | + | Australia has no nuclear power stations and the current Rudd Labor government is opposed to nuclear power for Australia.<ref name=support>[http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20989451-601,00.html Support for N-power falls] ''The Australian'', 30 December 2006. Retrieved 12 January 2008. | |
| + | </ref><ref name=romps>[http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/11/24/1195753376406.html Rudd romps to historic win] ''The Age'', 25 November 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2008.</ref> 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.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4871000.stm China to buy Australian uranium] ''BBC News'', 3 April 2006. Retrieved 12 January 2008.</ref> | ||
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| + | [[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.<ref>[http://www.greenleft.org.au/1998/330/20531 Australia's anti-nuclear movement: a short history] ''Green Left Online'', 26 August 1998. Retrieved 12 January 2008.</ref> | ||
== Jabiluka == | == Jabiluka == | ||
| − | + | Jabiluka was a planned uranium mine on the land of the indigenious Mirarr people.<ref>http://www.mirarr.net/</ref> The jabiluka uranium mine was occupied by environmental activists in 1998. In 2002, the project was stopped. | |
| − | Jabiluka was a planned uranium mine on the land of the indigenious Mirarr <ref>http://www.mirarr.net/</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 02:12, 22 September 2008
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.
Links
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/
