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Rudd conspicuously absent at Nuclear Summit

‘As a major uranium supplier, Australia has got a particular interest in the security of nuclear materials.”……..
Faulkner dismisses any suggestion Rudd’s absence means Australia is not taking the issue seriously

Bombs away, The Age, by Daniel Flitton, April 13, 2010……there is also the remote prospect that terrorists might improvise a nuclear device themselves, either a crude atomic weapon or a ”dirty bomb”, spreading radioactive material with conventional explosives.

………”The purpose of the nuclear security summit is to promote awareness of the very serious threat of nuclear terrorism and, obviously, the importance of effective prevention,” Faulkner told The Age before heading to Washington to represent Australia.

”As a major uranium supplier, Australia has got a particular interest in the security of nuclear materials.”……..
Faulkner dismisses any suggestion Rudd’s absence means Australia is not taking the issue seriously. ”I don’t think anyone would believe that Australia’s commitment to nuclear security and non-proliferation initiatives hasn’t been extraordinarily strong for a long period of time,” he says. Bombs away

April 13, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, politics international, uranium | antinuclear, Australia, nuclear, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, uranium