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The concert will commemorate the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and raise awareness of the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons.
Two highly regarded and knowledgeable keynote speakers: Tim Wright from the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons and Tim Costello from World Vision will share the work they do in support of peace and a world without nuclear weapons.
We have a great line-up of local, Indigenous and Japanese performers, including Hiroshima Junior Marimba Ensemble, Australian Percussion Academy, Jenny Biddle, Bart Willoughby, Orchestra 21 and Wadaiko Rindo.
The event is sponsored by Federation Square and ICAN, also endorsed by City of Hiroshima, City of Nagasaki, MAPW, ACF and many other NGOs.
DATE: Saturday, 10th August 3-5pm
VENUE: Deakin Edge, Federation Square, Melbourne, Victoria 3000
TICKETS: $20 (full), $15 (Concession)
To book tickets click here.
Limited tickets available at the door.
Fukushima's Dark Legacy 福島原発事故 - 負の遺産
March 11 marks an occasion the global nuclear industry would much
rather forget but one that holds a particularly dark relevance for
Australia. It was the day in 2011 when Japan suffered the trifecta of a
massive earthquake, tsunami and the nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima
Daiichi nuclear complex.
It was also the day when Australian uranium directly fueled one of the worst nuclear disasters the world has ever witnessed.
[...
And the uranium that fuelled Fukushima’s fallout started as underground rocks in Australia.
In October 2011 the Australian Nuclear Safeguards office confirmed that Australian uranium was not only sold to the Tokyo Electric Power Corporation (TEPCO), the corner cutting operators of the Fukushima plant, but that Australian uranium was inside the reactor complex when it melted down.
[...]
Australia is home to around one-third of the world’s uranium reserves and supplies around twenty per cent of the global market. What we do - and how we do it – matters. Fukushima is a stark reminder of this.
Instead of racing to sign new sales deals with India and providing public subsidies and tax exemptions for uranium companies it is now time for a comprehensive, open and independent assessment of the impacts, issues and implications of Australia’s uranium trade.
[...]
The concert will commemorate the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and raise awareness of the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons.
Two highly regarded and knowledgeable keynote speakers: Tim Wright from the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons and Tim Costello from World Vision will share the work they do in support of peace and a world without nuclear weapons.
We have a great line-up of local, Indigenous and Japanese performers, including Hiroshima Junior Marimba Ensemble, Australian Percussion Academy, Jenny Biddle, Bart Willoughby, Orchestra 21 and Wadaiko Rindo.
The event is sponsored by Federation Square and ICAN, also endorsed by City of Hiroshima, City of Nagasaki, MAPW, ACF and many other NGOs.
DATE: Saturday, 10th August 3-5pm
VENUE: Deakin Edge, Federation Square, Melbourne, Victoria 3000
TICKETS: $20 (full), $15 (Concession)
To book tickets click here.
Limited tickets available at the door.
Fukushima's Dark Legacy 福島原発事故 - 負の遺産
March 8, 2013 Posted by:
It was also the day when Australian uranium directly fueled one of the worst nuclear disasters the world has ever witnessed.
[...
And the uranium that fuelled Fukushima’s fallout started as underground rocks in Australia.
In October 2011 the Australian Nuclear Safeguards office confirmed that Australian uranium was not only sold to the Tokyo Electric Power Corporation (TEPCO), the corner cutting operators of the Fukushima plant, but that Australian uranium was inside the reactor complex when it melted down.
[...]
Australia is home to around one-third of the world’s uranium reserves and supplies around twenty per cent of the global market. What we do - and how we do it – matters. Fukushima is a stark reminder of this.
Instead of racing to sign new sales deals with India and providing public subsidies and tax exemptions for uranium companies it is now time for a comprehensive, open and independent assessment of the impacts, issues and implications of Australia’s uranium trade.
[...]
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