Uranium Information Centre

Melbourne, Australia

Media guide - accident or incident

How bad is it? What does it mean? go to INES table, or briefing paper on safety.

Precedents? Chenobyl 1986, Three Mile Island 1979, Tokai Mura 1999

What is radiation? radioactivity? go to Radiation and Life

Different kinds of reactors?

Overview of nuclear fuel cycle

What are radioactive wastes?

Deliberate aircraft crash? Brief account

media guide - browsing

The following are some of the mines, briefing papers and other resources on this site which are most relevant to routine media enquiries:

See also other Briefing Papers and education publications

In 2005-06 Australian uranium exports fuelled the electricity production for about 50 million people and saved the emission of over 340 million tonnes of carbon dioxide. They comprised over 40 percent of Australia's total energy exports in thermal terms.

Media guide - Chernobyl 20th anniversary in 2006

UN Agencies & 3 Governments' Chernobyl Forum Report 2005 (pdf)
OECD Nuclear Energy Agency press guide
International Atomic Energy Agency Chernobyl info-log
International Atomic Energy Agency Chernobyl in Focus
UIC Chernobyl Accident paper

Material on the UIC Web Site
other than the text of Nuclear Electricity
may be used or reproduced freely, with acknowledgement.

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