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Monday, 4 August 2008

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Friends of the Earth Anti-nuclear and Clean Energy Collective is actively campaigning for a nuclear free future. In order to create an environmentally sustainable and socially just world we need to end uranium mining, stop dumping of radioactive wastes, prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons and ban the irradiation of food.
We work with local and indigenous groups who are directly impacted by nuclear developments. Friends of the Earth has been involved in research, education and campaigning on nuclear issues in Australia since 1973.
We oppose all aspects of the nuclear cycle and promote safe, environmentally friendly and socially just alternatives. At a time when there is a strong federal government and industry push for the expansion of the nuclear industry, increased interest in new mines and talk of nuclear power being the answer to climate change we reinforce the fact that there is no safe use of uranium.
Nuclear power once hoped to be safe and �??too cheap to meter�?? has proven to be dirty, dangerous and expensive and the proliferation of nuclear weapons poses a major threat to life on this planet.Australia�??s involvement in the mining and export of uranium creates a radioactive legacy at every mine site and fuels radioactive impacts around the world. Radioactive waste and nuclear weapons are both creations of the uranium industry and the nuclear fuel cycle.
As the current debate over mining and the nuclear industry heats up we must make sure these basic facts are not lost. Australia�??s nuclear industry is unsafe, unclean, unwanted and unnecessary.
We meet every Wednesday night at 6.30pm upstairs at Friends of the Earth, 312 Smith St, Collingwood and welcome new faces.
For more information contact Michaela:p: (03) 94198700 or 0429 136 935e: ace@foe.org.auw: www.foe.org.au
Go to website: http://sydney.foe.org.au/nuclear/media/eppr.html for a historical review of how nuclear started.