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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Is Nuclear Madness still relevant?

11 Mar 2012: In the light of Fukushima (2011), Chernobyl (1986) and Three Mile Island (1979) nuclear accidents (all of which happened after 1978) and the great concern they generated in the world during the last four decades, Australia-born American physician and anti-nuclear activist Helen Caldicott's 1978 book Nuclear Madness assumes prophetic significance ... read more
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Dr. Helen Caldicott Public Appearances

03 Mar 2011: Dr. Caldicott regularly makes public appearances in a variety of contexts, most of which are open to the general public. She will appear at events in Europe and the United States during March and April 2012. Dr. Caldicott’s public lectures address the dangers of the nuclear age. She outlines why the nuclear age is the single greatest threat to the world’s public health ... 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 »
 The 2007 Australian federal election was a nuclear election. The immediate threat of an Australian 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 »