Manuscripts, typescripts and correspondence - writings on Nuclear Energy and Ranger Uranium Inquiry, 1975 -1976 (mostly)

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Series[UMA-SR-000000804] Draft Manuscripts with Correspondence and Working PapersAccession[1986.0107] Consolidated Papers of Frank Macfarlane BurnetIdentifierUMA-IT-000030196Extent1 fileScope and ContentCorrespondence relating to Ranger Uranium Inquiry and to publications on nuclear energy and uranium mining. Inwards and outwards correspondence with: Malcolm Fraser, Editor of The Age, Ranger Uranium Inquiry Secretary (J. Rames), 'Friends of the Earth' (N. Barret), Editor of Meanjin Quarterly, G.W. Leeper and Mr. Davis. Includes earlier writings on uranium topics 'Statement on Dr. A. Louins visit to Melbourne' - draft manuscript and typescript for 'Friends of the Earth', October 1975; ''Clean' Power in a Mature Society - The Case for Solar Energy' - draft manuscript notes, typescript and abstract of BHP talk, Newcastle, 23 October 1972, no date, (October 1972); 'Extrapolation to fall-out: a Scientific Homily' - draft manuscript and draft typescript, April 1973; 'Statement on radioactive fallout from French bomb tests' - draft manuscript, July 1973; 'The growing edge: Biology of the 21st Century' - manuscript notes for Townsville Lectures, July 1975; 'Submission to the Ranger Inquiry' - typescripts and draft manuscript, with notes and Outline Biography of F.M.B. for Ranger Inquiry, February-March 1976 Untitled typescript notes for Ranger Inquiry - not used, 12 March 1976; 'The dangers of reprocessing plants for extracting plutonium from used fuels' - draft manuscript and draft typescripts, for Ranger Inquiry, March-October 1976; 'Solar and Nuclear Energy' - manuscript and typescript notes for talk, Ormond College(?), 16 March 1975, no date, March 1975; 'Leave the Uranium Where it is' - draft manuscript and draft typescripts, intended for Melbourne 'Sun'. Not published, 2 April 1976; 'A Case Against Nuclear Technology' - draft manuscript and typescript, for 'The Age' 11 May 1976, 28 April 1976; 'Uranium: For Good or Evil' - draft manuscript and draft typescript of Tenth Alfred Deakin Lecture, Melbourne 28 July 1976, no date, July 1976; 'Nuclear Energy' - typescript, no date, 1976-76?; 'Our Uranium Policy' - draft manuscript and draft typescripts for ABC Guest of Honour talk, 5 September 1976, August 1976; 'Toward a consensus on Uranium' - typescript of 'Letter to Editor', The Age, 16 August 1977; Typescript notes on F.M. Burnet's change of opinion - personal, no date, 1977; Typescript notes on F.M. Burnet's views on Uranium, with draft manuscript, September 1977; Typescript notes and manuscript notes on F.M. Burnet's views on uranium mining, - personal, 26 September 1977; Press cutting: F.M. Burnet's Letter to Editor, The Age, 3 December 1975; Book review: typescript of review: 'For and Against Nuclear Power' - A review of The Hazards of Not Going Nuclear by P. Beckmann (Golem Press, 1976), 6 December 1977 See also 6/25, 6/31, 6/32, 6/70Access StatusOpen for public accessRequest TypeRequest unitUnit1986.0107 Unit 0028

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CreatorBurnet, Frank MacfarlaneRoleProvenance

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Date1972-1977

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Manuscripts, typescripts and correspondence - writings on Nuclear Energy and Ranger Uranium Inquiry, 1975 -1976 (mostly)