Jim Green

  • Misinformation on new reactor

    The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) has released a "background information" document to justify the new reactor planned for Lucas Heights in southern Sydney. The only problem is that it's not very

  • New nuclear reactor madness

    New nuclear reactor madnessOn September 3, the federal government announced plans to build a new nuclear research reactor to replace the ageing HIFAR reactor. The new $300 million reactor will be operated by the

  • Opposition to new reactor grows

    The campaign against the new reactor and reprocessing plant proposed for Lucas Heights in NSW has been stepped up. At a recent meeting Friends of the Earth, the Sutherland Shire Environment Centre, People for Nuclear Disarmament,

  • Does Australia need a new nuclear reactor?

    Before the end of the year, the government will decide whether another nuclear research reactor is to be built in Australia. The HIFAR reactor, located at Lucas Heights, just south of Sydney, cannot operate beyond 2003 unless it

  • Residents oppose Scarborough tunnel

    WOLLONGONG — In the latest episode in a dispute over management of stormwater from the Illawarra escarpment north of here, NSW transport minister Brian Langton has allegedly threatened to close the south coast railway line because

  • Bougainville nurse describes suffering

    Bougainville nurse describes sufferingWOLLONGONG — Ruby Mirenka, deputy matron of the Arawa General Hospital in Bougainville, addressed a lively meeting here on October 12. Her visit was designed to raise