PEOPLE FOR A NUCLEAR-FREE AUSTRALIA was formed in response to the disturbing prospect of Australia becoming a major player in the nuclear power and nuclear waste arena on a global scale. read more »

Internal Radioactive Emitters – Invisible, Tasteless, and Odoorless

by Dr Helen Caldicott
photo of Helen CaldicottHuge quantities of radio-active elements, more than anyone has been able or willing to measure, have been continuously released into the air and water since the multiple meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi Complex in Japan on and around March 11, 2011. This accident is enormous in its medical implications ... read more »
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PNFA Patron - John Butler

photo of John ButlerHighly respected and truly independent musical artist John Butler has become a Patron of PEOPLE FOR A NUCLEAR-FREE AUSTRALIA. read more »
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PNFA Patron - Dr David Suzuki

photo of David SuzukiInternationally acclaimed scientist & environmentalist Dr David Suzuki is the inaugural Patron of PEOPLE FOR A NUCLEAR-FREE AUSTRALIA. read more »
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PNFA Founder & Spokesperson

photo of Dr Helen CaldicottGlobally respected Australian anti-nuclear campaigner and physician Dr Helen Caldicott leads the Board of PNFA as Founder and Spokesperson. read more »
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After Fukushima: Enough Is Enough

2 Dec 2011: The nuclear power industry has been resurrected over the past decade by a lobbying campaign that has left many people believing it to be a clean, green, emission-free alternative to fossil fuels. These beliefs pose an extraordinary threat to global public health and encourage a major financial drain on national economies and taxpayers. Commitment to nuclear power as an environmentally safe energy source has also ... read more »
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The Awful Destruction from a Nuclear Meltdown

19 Jul 2011: The Rasmussen Report (October 1975, updated by Union of Concerned Scientists) states that in the “worst possible case” (an assumed 10 million people at risk) 3,300 people would die of severe radiation damage within several days; 10,000 to 100,000 people would develop acute radiation sickness within two to six weeks of initial exposure ... read more
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Unsafe at Any Dose


01 May 2011: Six weeks ago, when I first heard about the reactor damage at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan, I knew the prognosis: If any of the containment vessels or fuel pools exploded, it would mean millions of new cases of cancer in the Northern Hemisphere. Many advocates of nuclear power would deny this ... read more »
 The 2007 Australian federal election was a nuclear election. The immediate threat of an Australia nuclear power industry was removed along with the Howard government but, while Kevin Rudd vowed not to build nuclear reactors, the Australian Labor Party supports an expansion of uranium mining and export. There remains a strong push by members of the nuclear industry to develop nuclear power in Australia. read more »