Medical Association for Prevention of War (MAPW)
National Conference (open to the public)
Our Nuclear Responsibilities
Nuclear issues as they affect Australia
Looking backwards . looking forwards
University House, Australian National University, Canberra
12.30pm Friday 4 August - 2pm Sunday 6 August 2000
Friday 4 August 2000
12.30pm - Conference registration
1.00 - Lunchtime reception
2.00 - Our nuclear responsibilities
Years of Peace: meanings and achievements Stuart Rees
Australia's involvement in nuclear issues: a historical perspective Roy
MacLeod
3.15 - Tea break
3.30 - Wasting the future:the nuclear legacy
The global waste problem Frank Barnaby
The Pangea proposal John Veevers
Uranium tailings - past present and future management Gavin Mudd
Reprocessing our reactor wastes Steve Campbell
A National Nuclear Dump? David Noonan
5.30 - Drinks and nibbles
Saturday 5 August
9.00am - Testing radiation exposures:who sets the standards?
International trends in radiation studies and standards David Richardson
Australian regulatory framework John Loy
Community perspective Garry Smith
10.45 - Tea break
11.00 - New clear policies or bad habits: Governments and nukes
Recent developments Richard Leaver
The need for a new agenda TBA
Australian policy directions Laurie Brereton
Government perspective Robert Tyson
1.00pm - Lunch
1.45 - Workshops on conference themes
2.45 - Tea break=20
3.00 - Responsible nukes:peaceful uses and weapons
Proliferation threats: real or imagined Richard Broinowski
Plutonium economy Frank Barnaby
Peaceful uses and the NPT Jean McSorley
Research reactors and nuclear weapons capability Jim Green
4.30 - Workshops on conference themes
5.30 - Day end
7.30 Conference dinner - Vivaldi Restaurant, Australian Natiuonal
University with Rev Paul Collins
Sunday 6 August
7.40am - Hiroshima ceremony at Queanbeyan Peace Park
Hiroshima Day Ceremony
Sunday 6 August
Queanbeyan Peace Park, Ford St Queanbeyan7.40am till 8.15am
Followed by coffee at Council Chambers hosted by Mayor of Queanbeyan, Frank
Pangello 257 Crawford St, Queanbeyan
9.30 - Nuclear threads
Australia and the US National Missile Defence System Hannah Middleton
Why we need a nuclear weapons convention Alyn Ware
Prohibiting nukes, managing nuclear messes and the law Clare Henderson
Maralinga Alan Parkinson
11.00 - Tea break
11.15 - Creating a Culture of Peace
The United Nations and the role of NGOs Margaret Reynolds
Politics and nuclear disarmament Carmen Lawrence
Cleaning up and saying sorry: an indigenous perspective Audrey Kinnear
12.30 pm - 1.00 closing session
Reports from workshops
1.00 - 2.00 - Farewell lunch
Themes
Australian nuclear policy - 1945 to 2000 and beyond
Dealing with nuclear waste - uranium tailings, test fallout, waste from =
weapons, reactor waste - how much is there, where is it and what do we =
do with it?
Radiation exposures- who has been exposed and what are the standards?
'Peaceful use' and nuclear weapons - the links
Lead speakers on themes
Richard Leaver - Senior Lecturer, School of Political and International
Studies, Flinders University
Mr Leaver specialises in international affairs, particularly the economic
aspects of international relations, nuclear proliferation and
non-proliferation and Australian foreign policy. He will provide an
analysis of Australia's recent role in nuclear disarmament and future options.
Dr Frank Barnaby - Consultant, UK Oxford Research Group
Dr Barnaby is a plutonium and radioactive waste management policy
specialist. He is a nuclear physicist by training who worked for the UK
Atomic Weapons Research Establishment in the 1950s. His distinguished
career in academia includes a term as director of the Stockholm
International Peace Research Institute. He will provide an overview of key
policy issues in relation to radioactive waste management.
Dr David Richardson - School of Public Health, University of North Carolina
Dr Richardson studies the long-term effects of human exposure to ionizing
radiation and has been involved in research on the health effects of
radiation exposure among workers at several US nuclear facilities. He is
currently working at the International Agency for Research on Cancer in
Lyon, France, on a study of cancer among nuclear workers. His visit is
timely as Australia is currently updating its radiation exposure standards.
Richard Broinowski - Honorary Professor, Department of Communication and
Education, University of Canberra
Richard was a diplomat for 34 years, is a lawyer by training and is a
current affairs commentator and legal consultant. He is writing a full
length book which will look at nuclear safeguards. He will provide an
overview of the links between nuclear technologies and proliferation risks
and the challenges these pose.
Other speakers
Professor Stuart Rees - Centre for Peace and Conflict Sudies, University of
Sydney
Professor Roy MacLeod - Dept of History University of Sydney
Adjunct Professor John Veevers - Dept of Earth and Planetary Sciences,
Macquarie University
The Hon Laurie Brereton MP - Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs
Dr John Loy - Chief Executive Officer, Australian Radiation Protection and
Nuclear Safety Agency
Dr Garry Smith - Sutherland Shire Council
Margaret Reynolds - President, United Nations Association of Australia
Gavin Mudd - Dept Civil Engineering University of Queensland
Jean McSorley - Independent anti-nuclear campaigner
Dr Jim Green - Nuclear Reactor Taskforce, Sutherland Shire Council
Dr Hannah Middleton - Australian peace activist
Alyn Ware - NGO representative on New Zealand NPT delegation
David Noonan - Australian Conservation Foundation
Steve Campbell - Greenpeace Australia
Robert Tyson - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Audrey Kinnear - Co-chair of the National Sorry Day Committee
Alan Parkinson - Nuclear engineer
The Hon Dr Carmen Lawrence MP - Convener Parliamentarians for a Nuclear
Free Future
Registration fees:
$300 general ($250 early bird)
$200 MAPW ($150 early bird)
$150 students ($100 early bird)
Early bird payments by 30 June 2000.
MAPW is providing some sponsored attendance to community groups and
students. Applications close 20 June 2000. Further applications may be
considered subject to funding. Please contact MAPW for criteria.
Note: Conference registration includes all conference meals except the
conference dinner.
Please make cheques payable to Medical Association for Prevention of War,
PO Box 197 O'Connor ACT 2602
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NO NUKES!
Clare Henderson
Executive Officer
Medical Association for Prevention of War
PO Box 197
O'Connor ACT 2602 AUSTRALIA
Ph: (02) 6262 9345
Fax: (02) 6262 9346
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LL.AH
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