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Australia must remain a nuclear-free country.

Nuclear energy and arms are not compatible with a clean future.

The Coalition's nuclear energy plan is light on detail but heavy with danger. It's a costly distraction from effective climate action that risks delaying – and even derailing – the sensible, considered and speedy transition to renewables that is already well underway and essential to protect the environment and safeguard our future.

To our representatives, we call on you to make Australia nuclear-free:

  • End uranium mining and exports, and clean up all old uranium mines;
  • Say no to nuclear power – it is high-risk, high-cost and a dangerous distraction from real climate solutions, like clean energy from the sun and wind;
  • Take a strong stand against nuclear weapons – this includes signing and ratifying the UN nuclear weapons ban treaty;
  • Manage radioactive waste transparently and responsibly.

The exaggerated claims being made by the latest round of nuclear promoters do not alter the evidence which clearly shows nuclear is the worst option for Australia. Promoting nuclear today will keep coal and gas burning for decades to come!

There are many reasons nuclear energy is not a viable alternative for Australia’s energy future:

  • It takes too long – on average, it takes about nine years to build a nuclear power station and another 10 years for planning and licensing. Effectively that means two decades between first idea and first power. These are the critical decades to immediately reduce our reliance on fossil fuels.
  • It’s dirty and dangerous – Nuclear power stations pose significant community, environment and health risks. Apart from the radioactive waste they generate, nuclear power stations run on uranium which, like coal and gas, is not a renewable resource.
  • It’s far more expensive than renewable options – Modelling shows developing nuclear infrastructure is 5-10 times more expensive than solar and wind. And even if the technology was in place, it would also cost more to produce.
  • It needs a lot of water – Nuclear reactors use tonnes of water per second to cool the reactors to produce electricity. This is unlike wind and solar which require little or no ongoing water use.
  • We have no proven options for managing long-term radioactive waste – All reactors create waste, and this is a growing and unresolved global management issue. For decades successive governments have tried to impose low and intermediate level waste dumps and stores, predominantly on First Nations lands, across multiple sites in Australia.

We must leave the uranium in the ground to keep our communities and the nature we rely on safe.

Let's get it right and make Australia nuclear-free.

Header image: Sea lions gather on the beach on the Eyre Peninsula. At the top of the Peninsula is Kimba, where the government is proposing to put a national radioactive waste site despite unanimous opposition from Barngarla Traditional Owners


Latest Supporters

Maire 2020-10-17 16:03:11 +1100
Nuclear power is extremely unsafe and it’s negative effects last so long it is unbelievable that it is still being contemplated/used. Ask the people of Hiroshima…..
Karina 2020-10-17 15:58:59 +1100
Life on the planet is too fragile to risk nuclear. Keep it in the ground!
Rosemary 2020-10-17 13:55:02 +1100
Christina 2020-10-17 13:43:13 +1100
Tracy 2020-10-17 12:59:58 +1100
Michael 2020-10-17 12:08:48 +1100
Michelle 2020-10-17 12:05:17 +1100
Keep Australia Nuclear free.
Christine 2020-10-17 11:59:08 +1100
Australian government has a responsibility to future generations to support ICAN and help implement the world wide ban on the proliferation of all nuclear weapons
Ian 2020-10-17 11:58:25 +1100
Justin 2020-10-17 11:48:31 +1100
Nuclear catastrophies have already unleashed too much radiation on earth. Nuclear power is an unnecessary and dangerous source of power.
Penny 2020-10-17 11:33:10 +1100
Helen 2020-10-17 11:13:07 +1100
Diane 2020-10-17 11:05:45 +1100
No to nuclear waste and subsequent radioactivity.
Fay 2020-10-17 10:40:52 +1100
Marie 2020-10-17 09:59:36 +1100
Eric 2020-10-17 09:50:24 +1100
Sybil 2020-10-17 09:26:55 +1100
Sandra 2020-10-17 08:36:52 +1100
Melinda 2020-10-17 08:16:21 +1100
No nuclear in Australia!
Anne 2020-10-17 08:08:44 +1100
Meg 2020-10-17 07:10:18 +1100
Nuclear power equals devastation. There are plenty of clean energy alternatives to adopt. No to nuclear!!
Hala 2020-10-17 06:47:32 +1100
I’ve been an anti nuclear campaigner for 40 years! I even got radiated while camping in a protest camp next to a nuclear plant in the Netherlands, it nearly killed me! I still can’t believe the name of the township this plant was build in: Dodenwaard, meaning litterally ‘worth killing’. Next was the nuclear explosion in Chernobyl in 1986. I remember this as it was last week. I experienced the fall out near the Dutch border of Germany. I lived and worked on a biodynamic farm producing the cleanest non toxic produce for local families. We had worked hard to be granted the ‘Demeter’ qualification for our biodynamic soil. The Chernobyl radiation fall out resulted in Cesium 137 being detected in our soil. It meant the end of our livelihood and the start of despair. I’ve experienced one near death crisis when I physically nearly bled to death from radiation build up thinning my blood. I’ve had to work hard on improving my health but I never overcame the emotional trauma yet I managed to keep myself alive. I will never accept the thousands of people who died in the Ukraine and beyond and the continuing destruction and pollution of land, air and sea and all ecology. It’s inexcusable how governments around the planet keep pushing for expansion of this killing technology. We don’t need more crimes against humanity.
Margo 2020-10-17 05:59:51 +1100
Beverley 2020-10-17 04:36:32 +1100
Thomas 2020-10-17 02:58:30 +1100
Sheila 2020-10-17 00:52:29 +1100
Fiona 2020-10-17 00:28:27 +1100
Hamish 2020-10-16 23:33:33 +1100
sign and ratify the UN nuclear weapons ban treaty
Geoff 2020-10-16 23:04:26 +1100
Kath 2020-10-16 22:51:50 +1100