Jim Green (activist)

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Jim Green
Green at the Melbourne's GPO in March 2011
Nationality	Australian
Education	Ph.D.
Alma mater	University of Wollongong
Occupation	Activist
Known for	Australian coordinator of the Beyond Nuclear Initiative

Jim Green is the national anti-nuclear campaigner with Friends of the Earth Australia and Australian coordinator of the Beyond Nuclear Initiative.^[1] Green is a regular media commentator on nuclear waste issues.^[2] He has an honours degree in public health and was awarded a PhD in science and technology studies for his analysis of the Lucas Heights research reactor debates.^[3]

Issues

Jim Green and Peter Karamoskos (a nuclear radiologist) say there is growing scientific confidence in the linear no-threshold model for ionising radiation, which is supported by the 2006 report of the Committee on the Biological Effects of Ionising Radiation (BEIR) of the US National Academy of Sciences.^[4] The BEIR report comprehensively reviewed available data and concluded that:

The balance of evidence from epidemiologic, animal and mechanistic studies tend to favour a simple proportionate relationship at low doses between radiation dose and cancer risk... The risk of cancer proceeds in a linear fashion at lower doses without a threshold and… the smallest dose has the potential to cause a small increase in risk to humans.^[4]

According to Green and Karamoskos, the alternative view, that low-level radiation is harmless, is limited to a small number of scientists "whose voice is greatly amplified by the nuclear industry". In Australia, for example, "uranium mining and exploration companies such as Toro Energy, Uranium One and Heathgate Resources have sponsored speaking tours by scientists who claim that low level radiation exposure is not only harmless but actually good for you".^[4]

References

↑ Nuclear Power, Renewables or Clean Coal? Energy Options for Australia
↑ Nuclear waste and indigenous rights
↑ EnergyScience Coalition energyscience.org.au
↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Peter Karamoskos and Jim Green (18 April 2011). "Do we know the Chernobyl death toll?". The Drum.

External links

Yellowcake Country? Australia’s uranium industry

v t e Anti-nuclear movement in Australia

Organisations and groups	Australian Conservation Foundation Australian Greens Australian Labor Party Campaign Against Nuclear Energy Friends of the Earth Australia Greenpeace Australia Pacific Kupa Piti Kungka Tjuta Mineral Policy Institute Nuclear Disarmament Party Peace Organisation of Australia The Australia Institute The Wilderness Society

People	Dorothy Auchterlonie Green David Bradbury (film maker) Eileen Kampakuta Brown Bob Brown Kevin Buzzacott Helen Caldicott Moss Cass Ian Cohen Michael Denborough Mark Diesendorf Jim Falk Peter Garrett Jim Green (activist) Margaret Holmes Jacqui Katona Sandra Kanck Ian Lowe Scott Ludlam Yvonne Margarula Dee Margetts Jillian Marsh Brian Martin (professor) Jean Melzer Kerry Nettle Nancy Shelley Jo Vallentine Patrick White Stuart White Eileen Wani Wingfield

Books	Britain, Australia and the Bomb Greenhouse Solutions with Sustainable Energy Maralinga: Australia's Nuclear Waste Cover-up Reaction Time: Climate Change and the Nuclear Option

See also	Australian Uranium Association Clean Energy Future Group List of inquiries into uranium mining in Australia Lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive incidents Nuclear power in Australia Nuclear weapons tests in Australia Olympic Dam, South Australia Renewable energy commercialization Renewable energy in Australia Say Yes demonstrations Uranium mining in Australia Uranium mining in Kakadu National Park

v t e Anti-nuclear movement

Protests and groups	Anti-nuclear organizations Anti-nuclear power groups Anti-nuclear protests Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War Mayors for Peace Nuclear Information and Resource Service Nevada Desert Experience Pembina Institute Sortir du nucléaire (France) World Uranium Hearing

By country	Australia Austria Canada France Germany India Japan Kazakhstan New Zealand Philippines Poland Russia South Africa South Korea Spain Switzerland Taiwan Turkey United Kingdom United States

People	Tadatoshi Akiba Albert Bigelow Larry Bogart Helen Caldicott Norman Cousins Frances Crowe Gordon Edwards Albert Einstein Randall Forsberg John Gofman Jim Green Paul Gunter Nobuto Hosaka Jackie Hudson Kate Hudson Jacqui Katona Ole Kopreitan David Lange Sam Lovejoy Amory Lovins Caroline Lucas Arjun Makhijani Zhores Medvedev Gregory Minor Hermann Joseph Muller Linus Pauling C. F. Powell Phil Radford Joseph Rotblat Bertrand Russell Jens Scheer Jonathan Schell Albert Schweitzer

Media	Books about nuclear issues Films about nuclear issues Nuclear holocaust fiction Nuclear weapons in popular culture Songs about nuclear war and weapons

Related topics	Anti-war movement Bikini Atoll Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists France and weapons of mass destruction History of the anti-nuclear movement International Day against Nuclear Tests Lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive incidents Nuclear-Free Future Award Nuclear-free zone Nuclear power debate Nuclear power phase-out Nuclear weapons debate Peace activists Peace movement Peace camp Russell–Einstein Manifesto Smiling Sun

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Jim Green (activist)

Issues

Further reading

PhD thesis

Recent publications

See also

References

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