Nuclear News from the West

Saturday, 23 June 2018 - 10:00am to 10:30am

On this weeks show, listen to the campaign to stop uranium mining in Western Australia, updates on recent news of the national radioactive waste dump PLAN B and wher the Supreme Court of Appeals to stop Yeelirrie uranium mine is at.    You will hear from Dr Jim Green, the national nuclear free campaigner for Friends of the Earth talking about his latest smashing report that he has released this week with Latrobe University honors student Morgan Somerville calling on Perth based uranium company, Paladin Energy to clean up its mess in Malawi, Africa. And finally an interview with Dr Christine Jefferies-Stokes, paedetrician in Kalgoorlie who has been sounding the alarm about health problems caused by contaminants in water, including uranium in the Goldfields area of Western Australia.  

Dr Jim Green full report  https://nuclear.foe.org.au/paladin-energy-uranium-africa/  

Dr Christine Jefferies-Stokes phd http://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/publications/the-western-desert-kidney-health-project(9ab5a769-a1a6-4bd2-94c6-58b465f28940).html?uwaCustom=thesis

For more information on the WA nuclear free campaign go to http://www.ccwa.org.au/nuclearfreewa