Is Heaven Nuclear Powered"
A great night of laughs for a very important cause.
Some of Melbournes best live comedians go head to head arguing the hilarious idea that nuclear power reactors are used in heaven
Anti Nuclear comedy Benefit
Thur Sept 4th at The Northcote Social Club 8pm Moderator Damian
Callinan topic
Panellists
Sammy J
Dave Thornton
Trent Mccarthy.
Mohammed El-leissy
Courteney Hocking
Price
Tickets $12 www.northcotesocialclub.com.au
Door $17
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Nuclear Power Is Not The Solution To Global Warming Or Anything Else by Helen Caldicott
In a world where dark and dangerous forces are threatening our planet, Helen Caldicott shines a powerful light. This much-needed book reveals truths that confirm we must take positive action now if we are to make a difference.
Martin Sheen
Dr. Helen Caldicott has the rare ability to combine science with passion, logic with love, and urgency with humor
Naomi Klein
Helen Caldicott has been my inspiration to speak out
Meryl Streep
Dr. Caldicott is one of the most articulate and passionate advocates of citizen action to remedy the nuclear and environmental crises
from the citation for the 2003 Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize
The time to take Caldicott's measured and wise words to heart is now
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Acclaimed author and activist Naomi Klein states about the latest book by Helen Caldicott: "Dr. Helen Caldicott has the rare ability to combine science with passion, logic with love, and urgency with humor", and Ms Klein just summarises a minute particle of Dr Caldicott's acclaim.
Regrettably, in Howard's Australia, and with a Labor opposition given to a "me-too" pandering and a half-hearted understanding of the potential of its true role as an opposition party, Caldicott is these days more acclaimed in other countries than at home. Sydney Morning Herald reporter Erin O'Dwyer recently observed that Caldicott, someone who addressed in 1982 one million people in Central Park, New York on nuclear disarmament, was shouted down and heckled in 1998 when she addressed a protest against Sydney's Lucas Heights reactor.
It is absolutely essential, that her voice forms part of the equasion now that we have the nuclear debate "we have to have" according to John Howard, and her latest book resulted in the nomination of the Inaugural Australian Peace Prize.
About the Author
The world's leading spokesperson for the antinuclear movement, Dr Helen Caldicott is a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, the recipient of the 2003 Lannan Prize for Cultural Freedom and the inaugural Australian Peace Prize awarded by the Peace Organisation of Australia, 2006.
A medical doctor, she has devoted the past thirty-five years to an international campaign to educate the public about the medical hazards of the nuclear age. Dr Caldicott is a bestselling author and divides her time between the central coast of New South Wales and Washington, DC, where she is President of the Nuclear Policy Research Institute.
From http://www.mup.unimelb.edu.au/catalogue/0-522-85251-3.html
About the book
In this revealing examination of the costs and consequences of nuclear energy, world-renowned antinuclear spokesperson Helen Caldicott uncovers the facts that belie the nuclear industry propaganda: nuclear power contributes to global warming; the true cost of nuclear power is prohibitive, with taxpayers picking up most of the tab; there's simply not enough uranium in the world to sustain nuclear power over the long term; and the potential for a catastrophic accident or a terrorist attack far outweighs any benefits.
Title: Nuclear Power is Not the Answer to Global Warming or Anything Else
Author: Dr Helen Caldicott
Publisher: Melbourne University Publishing
Publication date: July 2006
Price: $24.95
Status: Available
Format: Paperback 248 pages
Dimensions: 198 x 128 mm
ISBN: 0-522-85251-3
In a world torn apart by wars over oil, many politicians are increasingly looking for alternative sources of energy-and their leading choice is often nuclear. Among the myths that have been spread over the years about nuclear-powered electricity are that it does not cause global warming or pollution (i.e., that it is "clean and green"), that it is inexpensive, and that it is safe. But the facts belie the barrage of nuclear industry propaganda:
- Nuclear power contributes to global warming
- The real costs of nuclear power are prohibitive (and taxpayers pick up most of them)
- There's not enough uranium in the world to sustain long-term nuclear power
- Potential for a catastrophic accident or terrorist attack far outweighs any benefits
Trained as a physician, and - after four decades of antinuclear activism - thoroughly versed in the science of nuclear energy, the bestselling author of Nuclear Madness and Missile Envy here turns her attention from nuclear bombs to nuclear lightbulbs. As she makes meticulously clear in this damning book, the world cannot withstand either.
The world's leading spokesperson for the antinuclear movement, Dr. Helen Caldicott is the co-founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility, a nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize, and the 2003 winner of the Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize. She divides her time between Australia and Washington, D.C., where she recently established the Nuclear Policy Research Institute.
http://www.thenewpress.com/index.php.....metaproductid=1470
NUCLEAR POWER IS NOT A SAFE, CLEAN OR GREEN SOLUTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE.
The debate, framed by government and the nuclear industry in opposition to coal power, is a radioactive smokescreen to expand uranium mining.
The nuclear energy cycle is far from being safe or greenhouse gas emission-free. Even if it were, nuclear power addresses the source of only around 30% of global greenhouse gas emissions - electricity production.
WWW - Weapons, Water and Waste!
Nuclear power provides all the fuel and infrastructure required to make nuclear weapons ( if it weren't for uranium mines and nuclear reactors there would be no nuclear WMDS threatening our planet)
Nuclear power uses vast amounts of water , (up to 153 million litres of water per day from the Great Artesian Basin is proposed by BHP Billiton for Olympic Dam mine alone, along with a proposed 400 megawatt power station)
Nuclear power uses vast amounts of chemicals (including ammonia, sulphuric acid, kerosene, lime) in the process of mining and milling uranium
Nuclear power uses vast amounts of fossil fuels, from mining, milling, treatment, enrichment, fuel reprocessing, reactor construction, reactor decommissioning and all related transports
Uranium enrichment for nuclear fuel is energy intensive
All reactors themselves will eventually become nuclear waste
After 50 years of the nuclear industry there remains NO proven storage or management solution for nuclear wastes, some of which remain deadly for up to 4.2 billion years
Nuclear energy, particularly reactor construction and decommissioning, is extremely expensive and diverts funds from safe, clean sustainable and existing alternatives
Nuclear reactors, storage sites for spent fuel and transports of nuclear wastes by road and sea, especially plutonium and spent fuel rods, are recognised by the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency and the nuclear industry (including ANSTO) as security and terrorism risks
Germany, a world leader in solar energy, is set to reduce its CO 2 greenhouse gas emissions to one fifth of current levels by 2050 - whilst phasing out nuclear energy
There is nothing safe, clean or green about nuclear power.
Real energy solutions consist of:
- De-centralised energy generation (domestic solar and wind)
- Greater energy efficiency
- Energy conservation
- Investment and subsidised development of a combination of existing sustainable energy sources (solar, wind, geothermal, non-native forest biomass and wave power generation)
- Investment and development of new technologies such as photovoltaic sliver cells [link]
Related Links
Friends of the Earth Australia: Nuclear No Solution to Climate Change