Forum on Nuclear Institute

Howard's Nuclear Push and What it Means for Universities: The Plans for a Nuclear Institute at Sydney Uni

12pm Tuesday October 16, Holme Reading Room
Speakers: Sue Wareham (Medican Association for the Prevention of War), John Kaye (The Greens), Michael Thomson (National Tertiary Education Union, Sydney Uni).

On August 22 the Vice-Chancellor announced the development of a new Institute of Nuclear Science, in partnership with the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation at Sydney Unviesity. This will be the first such centre since the 1980s and will be critical in facilitating the development of a nuclear industry in Australia.
This forum will discuss the reasons for opposing Howard's nuclear push, as well as those for rejecting the proposed Institute. These range from the fact that nuclear is too slow and too expensive to be any solution to climate change, to the fact that there is no safe way to dispose of nuclear waste after 50 years of research. Come along and see how you can be part of a Nuclear Free Future!