From the Herald Sun: Scientists at Lucas Heights nuclear reactor tarnished by The Shire
YOU don't have to be a nuclear physicist to realise Channel 10's new series The Shire has put a few noses out of joint.
Scientists at Lucas Heights nuclear reactor - in the heart of the Sutherland Shire - are sick of the stereotype of pumped-up princesses and sculpted surfers and have decided to take a stand against the show, which airs on Monday. Call it, if you will, the revenge of the nerds.
Engadine's Dr Joanne Lackenby works in nuclear operations and is on the board of the Women in Nuclear program.
"The Shire has scientists as well as surfers and biologists as well as beach babes," the 32-year-old said.
"There are 1400 people at ANSTO alone, and a third live locally and a quarter have PhDs. People who try to paint the Shire as anything other than diverse are just wrong."
Engineer Sam Harrison, 23, is also from Sutherland.
He works with instrumentation and safety systems and in his spare time he - shock horror! - likes going to the beach at Cronulla, seeing friends and going to local pubs.
"I work in the Shire, I socialise in the Shire, and I love the Shire. The people I work with in the Shire work hard, we're smart, we're ambitious and driven," he said.
"You don't have to be a nuclear scientist to know we have some smarts in the Shire."
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