All welcome to the next Nuclear Free SA Coalition meeting at 6pm 25th February at the Joinery, Conservation Council 111 Franklin St Adelaide.
For a copy of the agenda please email adelaide.office@foe.org.au
Hope to see you there!
The Nuclear Royal Commission announced its tentative findings on Monday 15 February and Commissioner Scarce spoke at the Adelaide Town Hall that night. There were lots of nuclear critics in attendance and many made their displeasure known both outside and inside the meeting.
The report is available here http://nuclearrc.sa.gov.au/tentative-findings/
Responses to the findings are being accepted until 18 March 2016 – details at the above link. You will need a coversheet but no JP signature this time.
A summary of the tentative findings by Dr Jim Green is found here Jim G Tentative Findings Feb 2016
The report was positive about expanding uranium mining and importing international high level waste, but said enrichment and nuclear power were not economic.
We are concerned that the dangers of importing the world’s nuclear waste are being ignored and we are skeptical of the exorbitant claims of how much money this would bring into SA and how many jobs would be created. The dump proposal includes a new deepwater port, rail and airport as well as an interim storage facility.
Please join us at the Ed Castle Hotel upstairs in the balcony at 6pm 233 Currie St for our next anti-nuclear coalition meeting
The Coalition consists of
Conservation SA
ENUFF
Friends of the Earth Adelaide
Nuclear Operations Watch Port Adelaide
Prospect Local Environment Group
Individual activists
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
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 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.