Australian Nuclear Heritage and Education Program: A National White Paper for Coordinated Education, Public History, Museum Development and Sovereign Knowledge

This white paper proposes the Australian Nuclear Heritage and Education Program (ANHEP), a nationally coordinated framework for preserving and teaching Australia's nuclear history through curriculum development, museums, archives, public history, professional education and community partnerships. Building upon the earlier policy framework (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21328416), the paper develops an implementation strategy linking governments, First Nations communities, schools, universities, museums, scientific institutions, archives, industry and the broader public. The proposal is policy-neutral with respect to nuclear energy, uranium mining, nuclear weapons and defence policy. Its objective is to improve historical understanding, scientific literacy, evidence-based reasoning and institutional memory through coordinated national education. The white paper includes: curriculum mapping aligned with the Australian Curriculum; stakeholder architecture; national museum and travelling exhibition proposals; digital archive framework; oral-history strategy; university and vocational education pathways; implementation roadmap; evaluation framework; governance recommendations; funding principles; research priorities.