Need to prevent the spread of nuclear technology
The ICNND and Japanese Civil Society Policy Forum Online By Kawasaki Akira
Australia and Japan have two significant commonalities. One is that they are important allies for the United States within the Asia Pacific region, and that their security is based upon the so-called “nuclear umbrella,” dependent upon US nuclear weapons. Continue reading
Australia’s blind eye to China’s abuse of anti-nuclear protesters
Australia is complicit in China’s uranium and human rights abuses Crikey.com Oct 2009 by James Norman
| :……………. Australia’s role in supplying China with uranium and the associated impacts of the nuclear industry, within China and in terms of Australia’s non-proliferation commitments. | |
The expanded Roxby Downs uranium and copper mine being proposed by BHP Continue reading
China gets 70% of Australian uranium miner
Guangdong Nuclear OKed to Acquire Australian Uranium Miner TRADING MARKETS.com October 28, 2009; GUANGZHOU, Oct 28, 2009 — China Uranium Development Co., under the wing of China Guangdong Nuclear Power Holding Co., Ltd. (CGNPC), Continue reading
Australian uranium miner Paladin’s Malawi uranium not monitored
Malawi: Govt. ignorant of exported Uranium tonnage | Business News – TheZimbabwean.co.uk by Nyasa Times Sunday, 25 October 2009 Government is yet to know about the quantity of Uranium exported by Australia-based Paladin Africa last month. Continue reading
Central Australia’s radioactive waste threat discussed internationally
Radioactive sites get overseas pressure ABC News By Kirsty Nancarrow i Oct 16, 2009
Anti-nuclear campaigners from Central Australia are hoping to put international pressure on the Commonwealth to abandon plans for a nuclear waste facility in the Northern Territory.
Natalie Wasley from the Beyond Nuclear Initiative says it is providing a briefing and a DVD to be screened and distributed to delegates at a conference in Sweden this weekend on the management of radioactive waste.
She says the Australian Government’s failure to consult people who are likely to be affected by the four sites being considered is out of step with what other countries are doing.
Radioactive sites get overseas pressure – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Thanks to AREVA, India to get Australian uranium?
Land take-over begins for 9,600 MW Maharashtra nuke plant Sify News 14 Oct 09 Work on the 9,600 MW Jaitapur nuclear power project in Maharashtra’s Ratnagiri district will kick off Thursday with the process of acquiring 938 hectares of land, a top official said here Wednesday. Continue reading
Australia says no uranium exports to India
Australia rejects uranium exports to India PRESS TV 14 Oct 2009 Australian foreign minister emphasizes Canberra’s firm stance against exporting uranium to Indian for its nuclear energy program.
Speaking in New Delhi on Tuesday, Stephen Smith said his government would not sell uranium to the Asian giant, which is energy-starved but nuclear-armed, unless it signs the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
Smith said Australia in not planning to renew a contract negotiated by the former government to sell uranium to India.
“We have had a long-standing principal position which is not aimed at India, it is the long-standing position that we do not export uranium to a country that is not a party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty,” he said.
n January 2008, Australia’s new Labor government outlawed uranium sales to India.
International Disarmament meeting will endorse “peaceful” nuclear energy
Japan – The Fourth Meeting of the International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament
“……The fourth meeting of the International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament, co-chaired by Hon. Yoriko Kawaguchi, former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, and the Hon. Gareth Evans Continue reading
Australian govt will not allow import of nuclear wastes
Rudd slams door on nuclear waste industry THE AUSTRALIAN Christian Kerr October 07, 2009 THE Rudd government has rejected calls from former Labor foreign minister Gareth Evans for Australia to take back the waste from the uranium it sells. Continue reading
Uranium policy a hypocrisy
Uranium policy a hypocrisy The Age DAVID NOONAN October 5, 2009
…………Unfortunately, Australia can never credibly lead on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament while spreading nuclear risks as one of the world’s largest uranium suppliers. Continue reading
Australia does not need the USA’s “nuclear deterrent”
A nuclear challenge to the world On Line opinion By Sue Wareham – 30 September 2009 “…President Obama’s chairing of the UN Security Council on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation served to focus the nuclear spotlight where it is most needed, on the Council’s five permanent members. Continue reading
Australian uranium company slack on safety in Africa
Miner accused on slack safety
The Age TOM HYLAND S eptember 20, 2009 AN AUSTRALIAN company has begun production at its uranium mine in Malawi amid renewed controversy over the operation in one of Africa’s poorest nations. Continue reading
Nuclear disarmament policies: Japan at odds with Australia over ‘pre-emptive strike’ issue
Australia, Japan in nuclear rift
The Age DANIEL FLITTON
September 4, 2009
AUSTRALIA and Japan are at loggerheads over the use of nuclear weapons in war, with Japan – the only country to have suffered atomic attack – determined, for now, to keep a broad deterrent role for the world’s deadly arsenal. Continue reading
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17 October, Free Public Talk on Nuclear Issues in South Australia
David Noonan will speak on public interest concerns over the new Roxby Downs Indenture Act 2026 on BHP copper-uranium mining and ore processing in SA, and on how AUKUS may face SA with a High-Level nuclear waste agenda.
Dr Jim Green will discuss international developments in the field of nuclear power including ‘small modular reactors’ and Generation 4 ‘advanced’ nuclear reactor concepts.
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