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Nuclear Power Agreement between Obama and Australia

The proposed Agreement permits the transfer of information, material, equipment (including reactors), and components for nuclear research and nuclear power production

Message to the Congress Concerning a Nuclear Agreement with Australia. THE WHITE HOUSE, BARACK OBAMA, 5 May 2010, Politics News, –  “I am pleased to transmit to the Congress, pursuant to sections 123 b. and 123 d. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2153(b), (d)) (the “Act”), the text of a proposed Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Australia Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy…….….The proposed Agreement provides a comprehensive framework for peaceful nuclear cooperation with Australia based on a mutual commitment to nuclear nonproliferation. The Agreement has an initial term of 30 years from the date of its entry into force, and will continue in force thereafter for additional periods of 5 years each, unless terminated by either party on 6 months’ advance written notice at the end of the initial 30 year term or at the conclusion of any of the additional 5 year periods. The proposed Agreement permits the transfer of information, material, equipment (including reactors), and components for nuclear research and nuclear power production. It does not permit transfers of Restricted Data, sensitive nuclear technology, sensitive nuclear facilities, or major critical components of such facilities. In the event of termination of the proposed Agreement, key nonproliferation conditions and controls continue with respect to material, equipment, and components subject to the proposed Agreement.

Australia is a non-nuclear weapon state party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).  Australia has concluded a Safeguards Agreement and Additional Protocol with the International Atomic Energy Agency.  Australia is a party to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, which establishes international standards of physical protection for the use, storage, and transport of nuclear material.  It is also a member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group, whose non-legally binding guidelines set forth standards for the responsible export of nuclear commodities for peaceful use.  A more detailed discussion of Australia’s domestic civil nuclear activities and its nuclear nonproliferation policies and practices, including its nuclear export policies and practices, is provided in the NPAS and the NPASclassified annex submitted to the Congress separately…….. Message to the Congress Concerning a Nuclear Agreement with Australia.

May 6, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, politics international, uranium | antinuclear, Australia, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, uranium