Radioactive Show

The storage capacity at the Fukushima nuclear power plant is reaching its limit, and a japanese government committee has come out with a report stating that “the most realistic option is to release treated water into the ocean.” Alternatives for long-term storage on land, including large tank storage and mortar solidification are being ignored. On this week’s radioactive show, we hear from Philip...

In this episode we hear from long term anti-nukes activist Sister Michele Madigan to discuss her recent article in Eureka street 'Fight against nuclear waste no over yet' and developments on the Barngala anti-nuclear waste dump campaign. We are also joined by Gem Romuld from ICAN with latest update on their divestment campaign and campaigning in the times of Covid-19.Music: Milky Way - Lady Lash

Tiokasin Ghosthorse is member of the Cheyenne River Lakota Nation of South Dakota and speaks with the Radioactive Show about growing up on land that became a designated nuclear sacrifice zone, the work of exposing cultural and environmental destruction and promoting peace with earth.  Tiokasin presents First Voices Indigenous Radio on Turtle Island (US).Music is 'Rises from the Depths' from Ghosth...

On this weeks show you will hear the highlights from the recent webinar ~ Yeelirrie, a case for environmental law reform. You'll hear from Ruby Hamilton a solicitor from the Environmental Defenders Office of WA You will hear from Australian Conservation Foundation, Environmental Investigator and Mia Pepper from the Mineral Policy Institute. The story of the Yeelirrie uranium mine approvals process...

On this episode of the Radioactive Show, we speak to Mark Parnell, the parliamentary leader of the SA Greens in the South Australian Legislative Council. We discuss the federal bill currently before the federal senate that aims to amend the already inadequate National Waste Management Act. We urge our listeners to send in a submission opposing the passing of the bill. To find out how, go to www.me...

On this week's Rad show, Retired UK navy commander turned antinuclear campaigner Robert Green discusses a push to convince the Australian government to invest in nuclear submarines.

Filipino antinuclear activists Roland G. Simbulan and DJ Janier discuss the struggle against nuclear power in the Philippines. Recorded at the No Nukes Asia Forum in Taiwan in September 2019. A recent update from Nuclear Free Bataan Movement (Philippines) below: 

On the 9th anniversary of the Fukushima disaster,  we speak with Dr. Jim Green (Friends of the Earth Australia)  about 'Forgetting Fukushima'  - the ways in which the environmental and social impacts of the nuclear disaster are being covered up as Japan prepares to host the 2020 Olympic games.   Special guest, Mayu Seto, musician and Peace Boat activist from Hiroshima, Japan, discusses the ways sh...

Earlier this year, the Japanese Peace Boat made its 103rd voyage to this country, visiting Fremantle, Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney. Anangu Spinifex woman, Debbie Carmody on her recent time on the Peace Boat.  Debbie was invited as a guest educator on the Peace Boat as part of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) workshops series, All Aboard. Debbie gave a powerful history...

We speak with Gem Romuld, the Australian Director for the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons about their plans for the year and how you can help build pressure for Australia to sign on the Global Nuclear Weapons ban.  We then get an update from Western Australian reporter KA Garlik on where things are at for the four uranium mining projects that are approved but not yet operational.

On January 23, 2020, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists moved the hand of the Doomsday clock to 100 seconds to midnight – the closest it has ever been.  The reasons:  a worsening nuclear threat, lack of action on climate change & the rise of 'Cyber-Enabled Disinformation Campaigns'.  Covering all this and more, we bring you excerpts of speeches from the 'No War with Iran' rally held on the steps of...

In this episode we hear from Pinar Demircan - a Turkish anti nukes activist on issues and challenges the Turkish anti-nukes movement faces in the current political climate.

On this weeks show we speak with Friends of the Earth’s National Nuclear Campaigner Dr Jim Green about the latest developments on the federal government’s push for a radioactive waste facility in South Australia as well hearing the speech given by Kimba farmer James Sheperdson at the rally held recently in Kimba. 

In the midst of devastating fires across the land and as we lead up to Invasion Day we bring you a calls to action from First Nations activists.  First up is a conversation between Arabunna elder and president of the Australian Nuclear Free Alliance Kevin Buzzacott and Gunai Kurnai activist Robbie Thorpe.  We then bring you speeches from Gambangari woman Aretha Brown and Gunai Kurnai Yamaji Noonga...

We bring you some highlights of our 2019 shows. Featuring a clip from a show of all the Radioactive Show producers. Crunch interviews Katherine Peat of Network Waitangi Otautahi, Lavanya recording Aunty Sue Coleman Haseldine at the Yeelirrie camp, Michaela’s IMARC show featuring Uncle Ned Hargraves, Mara’s interview with Regina McKenzie after finding out her Country is off the list of nuclear wast...

On this radioactive show, we hear the presentation that Dr Ann-Elise Lewallen -Associate Professor in East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies, at the University of California in Santa Barbara - gave at the No Nukes Asia Forum in Taiwan in September 2019.  Then, we’ll hear an update on the Australian situation, as the federal government’s consultation period has just closed. Minister Canavan has...

On this weeks show you will hear from Tjiwarl woman, Vicki Abdullah who was one of the recipients of this years Australian Conservation Foundation's 2019 Rawlinson award winner with her two aunties, Shirley and Lizzie Wonyabong. You will also hear from Mia Pepper who travelled with Aunty Shirley and Vicki to receive the award at last Friday's ACF’s annual general meeting.   I will also be giving a...

We hear from Maria Rost Rublee (Monash University) and Dimity Hawkins (ICAN) on the history and power of nuclear activism and resistance in Australia and beyond. Music: Rise - Solange

Young Warlpiri man Kumanjayi Walker, was shot at his family home and  died while in police custody on Saturday November 10th, 2019, in Yuendumu a community 300km north west of Alice Springs. A Northern Territory Police Officer has since been charged with the murder of Kumanjayi Walker. Today’s show brings voices from the Melbourne solidarity rally, hosted by the Warriors of Aboriginal Resistance,...

Voices, songs, poems from SA recorded at the 2019 Australian Nuclear Free Alliance meeting in the Flinders Ranges. We hear from Adnyamathanha women Enice Marsh, Vivianne McKenzie and Heather Stewart. Music: Thou Shalt Not Steal - Kev Carmody 

Today we hear from from First Nations front-line communities on their struggles against mining & resource extraction.  Uncle Ned Hargraves, from Yuendumu in the Northern Territory, Wiradjuri activist Tim Buchanan, and Aunty Vicki Abdullah from Leonora in Western Australia joined allies in Melbourne to speak out on extractive industries on their land and blockade the annual International Mining and...

The exhibition, ‘Bladerunner was set in November 2019’, was inspired by a group trip in August 2019, of seven activists/artists/friends, to Kokatha, Anangu and Maralinga Tjuratja lands in South Australia. We made recordings along the way, which became part of the soundscape for the exhibition. Recordings made from our camp on Country near Yalata include the voices of Rita Bryant, Mima Smart, and R...

Earlier this month the Radioactive team travelled to Yeelirrie in WA to hear from people and communities affected by Cameco’s proposed uranium mine. I interviewed locals Marilyn and Colin  - owners of a nearby cattle station which will be affected by the proposed mining. Also a special fireside talk by Tjirwal traditional owner Vicky on her country in Yeelirie. Vicky talked to us about her involve...

Interviews taken at Yeelirrie Solidarity Camp facilitated by Ban Uranium Mining Permanently collective on Tjirwal country. Sue Coleman Haseldine speaks of her lived experience and why solidarity across anti-nukes campaigns is important to her. Mara Bonacci gives us an in depth background on the SA anti-waste dump campaign and what people outside affected communities can do. Submissions to DIIS her...

On today’s show we speak to Dr Jillian Marsh, Adnyamathanha woman and lecturer in Aboriginal studies at Latrobe University.  Jillian has recently written an article with Dr Jim Green that explores some of the tensions between Traditional Owners, Industry and government in the context of the nuclear industry. We’ll hear about some of the legislative and systemic issues that make it difficult to pro...