Kevin Rudd refuses to buckle on refusal to sell uranium to India

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Source: The Australian



* Matthew Franklin, Chief political correspondent
* From: The Australian
* November 12, 2009 4:07PM

KEVIN Rudd has made clear he will not buckle on Australia's refusal to sell uranium to India just hours ahead of a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi.

The Prime Minister told reporters in the Indian capital this morning that India's refusal to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty meant Australian would not sell it uranium, even though it had helped the Indian Government obtain materials to support its nuclear program through the Nuclear Suppliers Group - an international grouping of nations supplying nuclear technology and resources which seeks to contribute to non-proliferation.

India has long sought access to Australian uranium ore to meet the energy needs of its rapidly growing economy, with Mr Rudd's Government changing previous Labor policy to allow for an expansion of Australian uranium exports and the construction of new mines.

However, Australia maintains a blanket ban in selling uranium to nations which refuse to sign the NPT Treaty ...

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1. Good.

"Nukes for Mangoes" was one of Bush's worst ideas,
and he had a lot of bad ideas.

[Vincardog]

4. +1 "Nukes for Mangoes" was one of Bush's worst ideas, and he had a lot of bad ideas.

[Kurska]

2. GOOD! All the quicker thorium based reactors and bombs will be developed!

India has plenty of thorium, infact the world has 5 times as much thorium as uranium and it is cleaner then uranium.

[MilitarismFTL]

3. For the reals...

I've been reading about thorium reactors for about 2 years now, and think it is the most appropriate way to use our nuclear waste and depleted uranium.

[cosmicone]

5. India has already started two thorium based reactors n/t