Uranium exploration: South Australian Government ignoring Arkaroola Wilderness
Sanctuary ‘ignored’ on mining exploration ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Feb 4, 2011 Arkaroola wilderness manager says she has been ignored on mining exploration Continue reading
Australian company setting up nuclear power in Egypt
Australian company Worley Parsons is setting up a nuclear power plant in Egypt. Is this a good idea?
Egypt has been quietly carrying out research and development on weapons of mass destruction — including nuclear
Egypt’s WMD programs complicate U.S. response, World blog, 7 Feb 2011, With Egypt in revolt and the country’s future uncertain, concern is growing over whether a new government in the Arab world’s most militarily and industrially advanced country could accelerate an arms race in one of the world’s most volatile regions. Continue reading
Marketing nuclear technology to unstable Middle Eastern States
Suppliers such as France, Russia, South Korea, Japan, and the United States are eagerly competing to ink deals with, and provide nuclear aid to, more than a dozen Middle Eastern states, including Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia — many of the same regimes now facing threats of internal upheaval.
Safeguarding Nuclear Security in the Shadow of Middle East Revolutions, THE HUFFINGTON POST, Jonathan Pearl, 4 Feb 2011, As revolutionary fervor sweeps across the Middle East and the Obama administration takes steps to recalibrate decades of U.S. foreign policy toward the region, it must not neglect the issue of nuclear nonproliferation. Continue reading
Nuclear submarines for Australia – a new form of target
option of enabling the permanent stationing of US nuclear submarine bases in Australia….The idea of using Australia as geo-politcal “chaff” in order to “waste” enemy bombs (by causing the enemy to target Australia in addition to the US) is not new.
Nuke Subs for Aust – call by Babbage to “take on China” « Paul Langley’s Nuclear History Blog, 5 Feb 2011, Continue reading
Secrecy about crashes of nuclear submarines
The incident involving HMS Astute was clearly not a one-off, and the MoD must explain why previous groundings have not been made public,…….
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