Kevin Rudd, the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty, and the push to sell uranium to India
Could Gillard and Rudd be set for a nuclear fusion?, The Age, Michelle Grattan, November 6, 2011 “……Rudd is said by some to be open to the idea [of selling uranium to India] . But he and others in the government have been annoyed at India’s attempts to put pressure on Australia through the media. He recently pointed out, with considerable sharpness, that in terms of supply India didn’t need Australian uranium.
Indeed, the more India makes a public fuss, the harder it is for the government to change policy without appearing to have simply capitulated to its pressure. Rudd and others have also put much emphasis on the nuclear non-proliferation treaty. To drop the requirement that our uranium goes only to signatories is difficult, though not impossible, to explain and justify….
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