IPPNWi fact sheet adapted from the 2007 article by B Williams and T Ruff in Medicine, Conflict and Survival. Outlines the dangers of using of highly enriched uranium (HEUi) in the production of medical isotopes, and the urgent obligation to work towards the elimination of medically-related commerce in HEU, closing a significant pathway to the "terrorist bomb".

Lax nuclear safeguards pose a key threat for Australia and the world. This article published in the Adelaide Advertiser, 22 April 2008, was written by MAPW Vice-President Dr Bill Williams, with Professor Jim Falk. 

How well can the IAEA safeguard existing civilian nuclear energy facilities against the threat of nuclear proliferation? How sound are the agency's inspection efforts to prevent the possible diversions of fresh and spent fuel rods from reactors and of nuclear materials directly useable to make bombs from nuclear fuel making plants? A new NPECi report identifies the IAEA safeguards system's key structural and operational deficiencies and pinpoints where additional funding would strengthen IAEA safeguards and where it would not; and gives detailed recommendations to make the IAEA safeguards system more credible and effective. The Nonproliferation Policy Education Center's Executive Director Henry Sokolski summarises the report in this presentation. (Full report available on the NPEC website).

Sergei Kolesnikov outlines nuclear security issues in Europe and the need to "gain better vision of, and more ideas on how to tackle the most sensitive points which can be understandable both for the public and decision-makers", to keep IPPNWi at least as visible as it is now, but still able to increase its effectiveness, globally. Paper from IPPNW XIIIth World Congress 1998.

At the IPPNWi XIIIth World Congress, 1998, Dr Frank Barnaby outlined global nuclear arsenals - that the only way to remove the risk of nuclear war is to abolish nuclear weapons. The paper is titled "The grim reality: the current nuclear situation."

Former Australian Ambassador and author of Fact or Fission - the Truth About Australia's Nuclear Ambitions, Professor Richard Broinowski gives an overview of the links between nuclear technologies and proliferations risks, and the challenges these pose. Paper presented at the 2000 MAPW National Conference.

This report prepared by Friends of the Earth (FoEi)  and supported by MAPW and other groups critiques the argument that nuclear power is a solution to climate change, and documents its hazards for security, the environment and human health. (Summary: full report available at FoE website).

This 24-page booklet updated by Dimity Hawkins for MAPW sets out the important role of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPTi) and how it can be successfully implemented. It contains the text of the treaty and other relevant documents. (Printer quality version - larger file size).

This 24-page booklet updated by Dimity Hawkins for MAPW sets out the important role of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPTi) and how it can be successfully implemented. It contains the text of the treaty and other relevant documents. (The version linked below is to be read online only - to download a print quality version please click here).

The near-universal use of weapons-grade, highly enriched uranium (HEUi) to produce radiopharmaceuticals used in medicine, is a significant hazard. This peer-reviewed paper argues that health professionals should stop the use of HEU in medicine, as a vulnerable pathway to creating a 'terrorist bomb'. Produced by MAPW doctors Bill Williams and Tilman Ruff, it was published in 2008.

Dr Ronald McCoy summarises Twentieth Century conflict, including the need for nuclear disarmament, the role of the UNi and International Law, and the causes for hope for our future, concluding with our need to "be committed to a culture of non-violence and the sanctity of life". Paper presented at the 1998 IPPNWi Congress.