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Let the facts speak: an indictment of the nuclear industry (2012)
| Author | R.Coleman |
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6-01-1-10-14.pdf |
| Date | 2012 |
| Classification | 6.01.1.10/14 (ACCIDENTS - NUCLEAR REACTORS) |
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From the publication:
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This publication is a tribute and a follow up to the
years of work carried out by retired Western
Australian ALP Senator Ruth Coleman. Awareness
Education subsequently carried out three years of
research, detailing accidents to September 1990.
The next edition of Let the Facts Speak was
published in June 1991, by the Office of Jo
Vallentine, Senator for The Greens (WA). It was re-
released in 2006 by Australian Greens Senator
Rachel Siewert, and this fourth edition updates the
chronology to 2012.
The electronic document and updates can be found
at:
www.letthefactsspeak.org
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Foreword by Jo Vallentine
The nuclear industry has been churning out Since global warming seriously hit the international
poisons, power and bombs for over sixty years. So, agenda, the nuclear industry has positioned itself as
far they haven’t managed to figure how to deal part of the solution to climate change. It brags of a
with their waste. In this highly technological age, nuclear ‚renaissance‛ which is more in the minds
that is a huge failure. of its exponents than being a reality. The facts are
that nuclear power is too expensive, too slow, too
Nor will the industry admit to its accidents, always dirty and dangerous to be supported as the world
portraying itself as cleaner than coal and less struggles to move towards low-carbon economies.
dangerous than other kinds of mining or toxic Nuclear power generation has always been a
industries. smokescreen for nuclear weapons development.
The two aspects of the industry are inextricably
Wonderful foresight back in 1983 led ALP Senator linked: weapons proliferation is an intrinsic part of
Ruth Coleman to start documenting nuclear the nuclear chain, as