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Medicine & Global Survival   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) Maralinga is a tract of Aboriginal land in the state of South Australia that was commandeered by the Australian government to be used by Britain for the development of atomic bombs. Seven atomic bombs were exploded at Maralinga; perhaps 25% to 30% of the plutonium in those devices would have been fissioned. In the case of Maralinga, the contamination was deliberate. www.ippnw.org /MGS/V7N2Parkinson.html   (2973 words)

Alan Parkinson - 2000 National Conference - MAPW Australia Maralinga is in South Australia about 270 km north-west of Ceduna, on the edge of the Great Victoria Desert and the Nullarbor Plain. The nuclear tests at Maralinga can be divided broadly into two categories referred to as "major" trials, which were the explosions of nuclear weapons, and "minor" trials which were tests of components of nuclear weapons or tests of the safety of nuclear weapons in storage or in transit. Amazingly, the sorting was done on the basis of size, not by the level of radioactivity; the larger pieces were to be treated by vitrification and the smaller items and soil buried. www.mapw.org.au /conferences/mapw2000/papers/parkinson.html   (5398 words)

maralinga.html The Maralinga Tjarutja wrote to Senator Minchin disassociating themselves from the decision to abandon ISV in favour of simply burying it in unlined trenches. A 1996 government report on the Maralinga clean-up openly said that “The project is aimed at reducing Commonwealth liability arising from residual contamination.” This continues to be a primary objective for the government. The recent scandals surrounding the Maralinga project are of interest to the 86% of South Australian’s opposed to the federal government’s plan to build a national nuclear dump in SA. www.geocities.com /jimgreen3/maralinga.html   (11115 words)

Environment News Service ENS Latest Environmental Information Education Current Issues RSS At least 26 of the 76 people named as being exposed to radiation from tests in 1956 received a dose greater than the "maximum permissible exposure" of 0.3 roentgens in a week; the highest exposure was 0.66 roentgens in a few hours, the central command document reveals. Veterans of the Maralinga tests have described trucks speeding past to raise dust to make sure military personnel "got a bit of the fallout over the top of us," and being ordered to uncover equipment shelters located 100-150 meters (325-490 feet) from ground zero about one hour after a test, without protective clothing. The ongoing scandals surrounding the Maralinga project are of interest to the vast majority of South Australians who are opposed to the federal government's plan to build a national radioactive waste dump in South Australia. ens-newswire.com /ens/may2001/2001-05-18-04.asp   (1526 words)

Encyclopedia: Maralinga Maralinga is a small town in the desert of South Australia, famous for nuclear tests that took place there in the 1950s. The site was surveyed by Len Beadell in the early 1950's, and followed the survey of the site called Emu Field, which was further north. A 2003 cleanup exercise funded by the Australian and British governments has stabilised much of the more radioactive leftovers from the tests. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Maralinga   (319 words)

MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS: Environment: Maralinga Rehabilitation The major risk at Maralinga was determined to be the inhalation or ingestion of plutonium contaminated dust by Aboriginal children living an out-station lifestyle. The second stage was the treatment of debris burial pits by excavation and burial and by in situ vitrification, a process that involved passing an electric current through electrodes in the ground to melt debris and incorporate the material into a vitrified monolith or glass/ceramic block. Unfortunately, difficulties were encountered applying the in situ vitrification technology at Maralinga and it was decided not to continue with the application of that technology due to safety reasons coupled with the particular difficulties of applying the technology in an isolated area such as Maralinga. www.senatorchapman.com /spmini.htm   (1199 words)

Asia Times: Fallout from nuclear amnesia From Bikini to Maralinga and Christmas Island to Murarora, scarred landcapes bear mute testimony to the practice of commandeering territory for military objectives, often without the acquiescence of indigenous populations. Maralinga, an area of 3,200 square kilometers in South Australia's desert Nullabor region, was occupied by the Maralinga Tjarutja Aboriginal tribe when it was leased to Britain in 1952 as an extension of a rocket development program at the nearby Woomera space center. For all of its obscurity, Maralinga was a milestone for Britain's coming-of-age as a nuclear power. www.atimes.com /oceania/CD16Ah02.html   (885 words)

National Archives of Australia - Fact Sheet 129 - British nuclear tests at Maralinga   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) Maralinga was developed as the permanent proving ground site, following a request of the British in 1954 and, after its completion in 1956, was the location of all trials conducted in Australia. Following the two major trials (Operation Buffalo in 1956 and Operation Antler in 1957), a number of minor trials, assessment tests and experimental programs (dating from 1959) were held at the range until 1963. Maralinga was officially closed following a clean-up operation (Operation Brumby) in 1967. www.naa.gov.au /publications/fact_sheets/FS129.html   (523 words)

Testimony: Archie Barton, World Uranium Hearings, 9/16/92, Salzburg The Maralinga Elders tried to return to their land in 1955, but were sent back to Yalata by nuclear test personnel. As part of the TAG report, the Maralinga people made an anthropological study of their diet and lifestyle and this was the most important information in calculating the risk to the Maralinga people living in the traditional way from the plutonium spread over their land. The Maralinga people have told the Australian government that they want all contamination from Emu and Maralinga cleaned up, a permanent fence put around the 120 square kilometers of plume area, compensation for the fact that they will lose the use and enjoyment of the fenced area for the next quarter of a million years. www.underground-book.com /chapters/uranium/ArchieBarton.html   (1691 words)

Maralinga - Our Own Shame The 5 areas it conducted the tests are at Monte Bello Islands in north-western Western Australia (just off the mainland, near Monkey Mia); Emu Field in north-western South Australia; the infamous Maralinga in south-western South Australia; Christmas Island and Malden Island, both due south of Hawaii, on either side of the Equator. The next series of atomic bomb tests were carried out at Maralinga between September 27, 1956 and October 9, 1957, along with a series of "minor" trials up to 1963. Maralinga is Pitjantjatjara Aboriginal dialect for "Field of Thunder". www.sea-us.org.au /thunder/britsbombingus.html   (418 words)

Nuclear Issues - Maralinga   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) In 1956-57 the arid rangelands of South Australia were subject to the detonation of nine major nuclear bombs, and many smaller bomb trials, as part of the British atomic weapons testing program at Maralinga and Emu Field. The establishment of Woomera had forged close military links between Australia and Britain and the Australian government barely questioned the nature and effects of nuclear tests. To carry out the tests thousands of Maralinga, Pitjantjatjara and Kokatha people were forcibly removed from their land by 'Aboriginal Protectors'. www.green.net.au /humpsnotdumps/maraling.htm   (192 words)

BBC Radio 4 - Fallout at Maralinga For half a century, the Tjarutja aboriginal people of Maralinga have waited to get to get their land back. Professor John Keane explores the history of British atomic tests at Maralinga from 1956 to 1963. He finds out how and why the British and Australian governments together confiscated the sacred lands of the Tjarutja people and examines how far aboriginal people, servicemen and the desert environment were put at risk. www.bbc.co.uk /radio4/factual/falloutatmaralinga.shtml   (109 words)

Maralinga Tjarutja Land Rights (Establishment of Co-managementBoard) Regulations 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) The Maralinga Lands Unnamed Conservation Park Board is established as the co-management board for the Unnamed Conservation Park. The presiding member of the Board will be the member nominated by Maralinga Tjarutja to preside at meetings of the Board, and the deputy presiding member of the Board will be the member nominated by Maralinga Tjarutja to preside at meetings of the Board in the absence of the presiding member. An act or proceeding of the Board is not invalid by reason only of a vacancy in its membership or a defect in the appointment of a member. www.parliament.sa.gov.au /Catalog/legislation/Regulations/M/2004.159.un.htm   (2426 words)

Maralinga: nuclear testing in Australia The commission had found that while Aboriginal people were supposed to have been removed from the area during testing, many were actually in the area during and after the tests and had been exposed to high levels of radiation. Archie Barthan, administrator and adviser to the Maralinga Tjarutja group, commented that it had been a very long and arduous struggle, involving two visits to England to demand that the British government pay for the clean up. The legacy of Maralinga and the horrors it showed about the reality of nuclear testing should lead us to oppose the testing of nuclear weapons anywhere, as well as activities that lead to nuclear testing such as the mining of uranium. www.greenleft.org.au /back/1995/196/196p11.htm   (991 words)

Maralinga: govt covers-up nuclear contamination   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) He was the federal government's senior representative on the project from 1993 until January 1998, at which time he was removed from the project after criticising the government for mismanagement and cost- cutting in relation to the “clean-up” project. According to Parkinson: “Amazingly, the sorting was done on the basis of size, not by the level of radioactivity; the larger pieces were to be treated by vitrification and the smaller items and soil buried. The government falsely claimed that vitrification was abandoned because the Taranaki pits were not as highly contaminated with plutonium as originally expected; all credible estimates were between one and five kilograms of plutonium. www.greenleft.org.au /back/2002/511/511p24.htm   (1823 words)

Media Release - NUCLEAR REGULATOR RULES ON SAFETY OF MARALINGA TEST SITE As part of the issuing of the licence he had directed the Federal Department of Industry, Science and Resources to provide him with an official record of the current status of the site within 12 months. Dr Loy said that while the licensing of the Maralinga site in itself was essentially an historical exercise it was also an important step in the development of Australia’s independent nuclear regulatory regime. He said that he was aware of on-going discussions between the Commonwealth, SA and the Maralinga Tjarutja. www.arpansa.gov.au /mr_marlic.htm   (503 words)

<www.geocities.com/jimgreen3> In the TAG studies, we assumed ‘deep’ to mean in a sub-trench at the bottom of the burial trench, that is 22 metres deep, and that was proposed to be encased in concrete. The limestone at Maralinga is rich in sodium and carbonate...” Limestone is calcium carbonate; soda ash is sodium carbonate (rich in sodium and carbonate). In the case of the Maralinga project, this was made even worse because GHD was also appointed Project Authority, in which position they should have had a very detailed knowledge of the work since they were then in a position to give technical direction to Geosafe. www.geocities.com /jimgreen3/parkinson2.html   (14869 words)

Jabiluka list archive : Radiation a long term threat eg Maralinga proposal Jabiluka friends, Im forwarding this article because it is extremely relevent, I think, to the concept of 'nuclear radiation guardianship' which is clearly required at uranium deposits like Jabiluka and, even more so, at mining sites eg Ranger. During the recently completed $108 million Maralinga clean-up, it was agreed remediating the Taranaki site would be too costly and create further environmental damage. They were compensated $13.5 million for the loss of its full use and would be able to pursue a traditional lifestyle on the remaining 90 per cent of the Maralinga land. pandora.nla.gov.au /parchive/2000/Z2000-Aug-1/issaries.com.au/lists/jabiluka/index/2000/05/msg00002.html   (578 words)

Bliar has a dose from Maralinga bomb tests - claim : Melbourne Indymedia Blair lived im Adelaide as a toddler- a recent report in the Scotsman newspaper tells of an allegation that he was radiated from the British tests. Mr Blair was three when the British detonated their third atomic device in the Maralinga desert region 350 miles to the north on 11 October, 1956, according to The Bulletin magazine. Opinions are those of the contributors and are not necessarily endorsed by the Melbourne Independent Media Center. melbourne.indymedia.org /news/2004/09/78238.php   (383 words)

Maralinga Tjarutja Land Rights Act 1984 (SA), State of South Australia - Agreements Database Legislation Summary Information: The Maralinga Tjarutja Land Rights Act 1984 (SA) (the Act) granted freehold title of an area of 80,764 square kilometres to Maralinga Tjarutja, a corporate body established under the Act. Maralinga Tjarutja holds the land in fee simple. The Maralinga Tjarutja Land Rights Act limits the payment of compensation for exploration operations disturbance to the lands and the Aboriginal people and their ways of life, to an amount no greater than compensation as provided for under the Mining Act 1971 (SA) and Petroleum Act 2000 (SA). www.atns.net.au /biogs/A001172b.htm   (258 words)

MARALINGA ISOTOPES RUGBY UNION TOURING CLUB   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) Maralinga, a remote site in the Victorian Desert in central australia 500 kms from the Woomera Rocket Base, took the brunt of these tests. Seven nuclear detonations ranging from 1 to 27 kilotonnes were set off at Maralinga. The Maralinga boys will be invading the lush green eastern suburbs of Sydney as they treck their way to the Bondi Tens Tournament in Feb 2005. users.senet.com.au /%7Ebear2/maralinga   (220 words)

irati wanti - atomic_tests I was born at Maralinga, not far away at Ooldea mission. The damage they done.    I was fighting for it.  I went back to see the Maralinga Tjarutja.  They got a big office there in Ceduna. They give us an old Toyota for that Maralinga.  And that old Toyota going to quieten me down.  And I told them.  They should give me royalty.  Me and my cousin, Frank Young.  We was born there.  That’s our country there.  We were born there.  Right in there. www.iratiwanti.org /iratiwanti.php3?page=atomic_tests   (1036 words)

Maralinga Taxis and Cabs, Maralingan taxi or cab advertising Maralinga Taxis and Cabs, Maralingan taxi or cab advertising You are in: cabnumbers.com, Australia, Taxis and Cabs, Maralinga SA We advertise Taxis and Cabs based in Maralinga, South Australia (SA). taxi.au.cabnumbers.com /Maralinga%20SA.html   (230 words)

Issues Society and Culture Maralinga Tjarutja Municipalities South Australia Australia Oceania Regional English España Press release regarding conditions for the management and proposed eventual return of the Maralinga atomic test site to its traditional owners. News report about the incidence of birth defects in children born to people contaminated by the radiation at Maralinga. Transcript of the testimony of Archie Barton, administrator of the Maralinga Tjarutja lands, at the World Uranium Hearings in Salzburg in 1992. www.amigar.com /buscador/Top/1010434205-10000001   (294 words)

New Scientist Premium- Australia counts cost of Maralinga cleanup - This Week Aboriginal children would receive doses of radiation more than 300 times the accepted limit if they were to live in the most highly contaminated regions of the former British nuclear test site at Maralinga in South Australia. This is revealed in a series of reports released in Canberra this week after a three-year study into levels of contamination at Maralinga and the costs of cleanup. The cost of cleaning up could be as much as A $700 million (280 million Pounds), if the top-soil were removed. www.newscientist.com /article/mg12817430.400.html   (279 words)

Maralinga survivor speaks against uranium mining A survivor of fallout from the Maralinga nuclear tests of the 1950s will speak tomorrow at a public meeting against uranium mining in South Australia. The meeting is scheduled to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing, and will take place at the Tandanya centre in Adelaide. He was unable to prove this in the 1984 Maralinga Royal Commission but Mr Lester says he was able to prove there had been radiation fallout in his community. www.abcsport.net.au /message/news/stories/ms_news_1431038.htm   (371 words)

Maralinga Maralinga: ‘a host of indiscretions, short-cuts and cover-ups’ Jim Green May 4, 2000 Nuclear and Environmental Research Maralinga Tjarutja Land Rights Act, 1984 South Australian Consolidated Acts Maralinga finally cleaned up 730 Report - 01-03-2000 www.trinity.wa.edu.au /plduffyrc/issues/maralinga.htm   (139 words)

Maralinga Piling Trust - Agreements Database Organisation Summary Information: The Maralinga Piling Trust is the body set up to manage compensation monies granted by the Australian Government to the Maralinga and Spinifex Country Traditional Owners as a result of the loss of access to lands due to the British Nuclear Tests in Australia. It is important that when making decisions about the Trust funds, the Trustees always take into account the wishes of the Traditional Owners. Maralinga Tjarutja Land Rights Act 1984 (SA), State of South Australia www.atns.net.au /biogs/A001541b.htm   (187 words)

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