Nuclear-Free Charter
This charter has been brewed up by consensus around the Australian
anti-nuclear movement over the past nine months. Please contact us
for copies and to help with distribution.
A NUCLEAR FREE AUSTRALIA MEANS:
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Serious
Federal, State and Local government commitment to energy conservation
and a renewable energy industry employing many thousands of Australians
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Full commitment
to further development of non-nuclear medical diagnostic methods,
and where radioactive isotopes are still needed, as many as possible
should be produced by non-reactor methods such as cyclotrons. (In
the short transition period, some medical isotopes will still need
to be imported.)
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Transition
of Lucas Heights to a centre
of excellence for international nuclear safeguards and nuclear waste
management
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Commitment
to comprehensive health, social and cultural studies, and a register,
of all people affected by the Australian nuclear industry, and the
establishment of appropriate compensation mechanisms
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Maintaining
Australia’s democracy without the threat arising from our involvement
in other nations’ nuclear war
preparations
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Exploration
or mining of uranium or thorium
(except incidental mining - under 0.05% uranium/thorium)
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Importation
of nuclear materials except for those used in medicine and engineering
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Transportation
of nuclear materials across Australian state/territory borders except
those use for use in medicine or engineering
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Burial
or sea-dumping of radioactive wastes in Australia or Australian
waters
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Reprocessing
of any nuclear waste within Australia or of Australian nuclear waste
overseas
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New nuclear
reactor for Australia and closure and decommissioning of the existing
Lucas Heights reactor as
soon as possible
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Involvement
in alliances which involve nuclear weapons, such as communications
bases, military exercises in Australia or its waters, and the US
National Missile Defence (‘Star Wars’) system
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Visits
of nuclear powered or armed vessels to Australian waters
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