Australia ranks number one out of all countries with weapons-usable nuclear materials according to a report today by the international organisation the Nuclear Threat Initiative.
Nuclear proliferation
Delegates back Gillard on uranium exports to India
ALP delegates back Julia Gillard on uranium exports to India despite an emotive round of speeches against the proposition. Andrew Crook reports from the national conference floor at The Stump.
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UN secretly negotiating with Iran to lift nuclear sanctions
Documents leaked to the Times reveal the United Nations has been negotiating with Iranian officials to lift the country’s nuclear sanctions, allowing it to retain most of its nuclear program, in return for co-operation with UN inspectors.
Is Iran hiding more secret nuclear sites?
In a promising step forward, Iran has pledged to let the UN in to inspect its newly disclosed nuclear facility. But if that one was kept secret for years, how many others are there we don’t know about?
How Obama was forced to play his hand
News of Iran’s secret nuclear fuel processing plant may come as a surprise to most of the world, but the US has known for years, Politico reveals. So why did they finally bring it u now?
Obama addresses the world
With Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the fifth row, Barack Obama criticised Iran and North Korea for nuclear proliferation. It was just was one part of a speech to the UN General Assembly in which Obama called for a “new era of engagement” on climate change and peace. Full text here.
It’s OK, it’s not our uranium in those bombs…
Nobody seems to have noticed Australia’s massive foreign policy shift on nuclear non-proliferation, writes Greens Senator Christine Milne.
