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Nuclear Free SA coalition meeting 6pm Thurs 24 March

March 13, 2016

Our next Nuclear Free SA coalition meeting will be at the Joinery, Conservation Council, 111 Franklin St Adelaide at 6pm Thursday 24th March.

Please join us.

The deadline for submissions to the Royal Commission interim findings is Friday March 18.

http://nuclearrc.sa.gov.au/tentative-findings/

You can send an email to the Premier and your MPs with one easy step at the Conservation Council’s handy link http://www.conservationsa.org.au/nuclear_action

You can invite friends and family to sign our postcard to Jay online here – please circulate the link to your networks.

Contact robyn.wood@foe.org.au for more information

Clean Futures, FoE, Nuclear

National nuclear waste dump submissions

February 19, 2016

Now the six nominated sites for a potential national nuclear waste dump have been announced, the federal government is calling for comments. FOE Adelaide will make a submission in support of the Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities who do not want the dump.

Submissions must be received by 11 March 2016 at:

The Department of Industry, Innovation and Science
National Radioactive Waste Section
GPO Box 9839
Canberra ACT 2601
radioactivewaste@industry.gov.au

The shortlisted locations are at http://minister.industry.gov.au/ministers/frydenberg/media-releases/six-voluntary-sites-shortlisted-national-radioactive-waste

Sally’s Flat – New South Wales

Hale – Northern Territory

Cortlinye – South Australia (near Kimba on the Eyre Peninsula)

Pinkawillinie – South Australia (near Kimba on the Eyre Peninsula)

Barndioota – South Australia (near Hawker in the Flinders Ranges.

Oman Ama – Queensland

Clean Futures, Nuclear

Congratulations Karina and Rose Lester – Jill Hudson Environment Awards winners

January 6, 2016

Friends of the Earth Adelaide congratulate the Lester sisters for their work on the Nuclear Royal Commission.

Jill Hudson Award

2015 Jill Hudson Award winners Karina and Rose Lester work tirelessly to highlight the risks presented to our environment by nuclear projects. The Yankunytjatjara women and sisters have championed the voice of Aboriginal communities for the environment and provided essential dialogue for Traditional Owners.

While there are many dimensions to Karina and Rose’s work, the 2015 Jill Hudson Award focuses on their involvement in the SA Royal Commission into the Nuclear Fuel Cycle that began earlier this year. Karina and Rose advocated for consultation with Aboriginal communities and brought attention to the barriers presented for people in the community by the Royal Commission process.

Karina and Rose undertake their advocacy work as un-paid volunteers, and see it as a responsibility to culture, country and family.

http://www.conservationsa.org.au/awards_2015

Nuclear, Old_Notes

Busting nuclear myths – flyer

December 26, 2015

Our campaigner Nectaria has created a flyer busting nuclear myths:

1. The new generation (Gen IV) of nuclear reactors supposedly designed to recycle nuclear waste don’t exist!

2. Nuclear is not the only alternative to coal for baseload power – a mix of renewable energy and demand management can provide continuous power.

3. There is no nuclear renaissance – nuclear power is in decline world wide.

4. An expansion of the nuclear industry would not be good for the economy – see flyer for reasons.

5. Nuclear energy is not zero carbon when it comes to climate change.

6. We can’t guarantee isolation of high level radioactive waste from the environment for 200,000 years – there is no operating dump for high level waste anywhere in the world.

Links to the PDF:

Nuclear Mythbuster Flyer

Nuclear Mythbuster Flyer with References

Nectaria has finished with us now and we would like to thank her for all her hard work and wish her all the best in the future especially with the Lizard’s Revenge Protestival next July.    

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