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Nuclear Energy, Mining and Trade: Understanding Australia’s Nuclear Policy
Kimberley Layton
Former Intern, IPCS
CBRNIB15-Kimberley-Australia.pdf
 

Australian policy on nuclear energy, uranium trade and uranium mining is heavily influenced by domestic factors and economic needs. With regard to nuclear weapons, the country faces a similar yet more pronounced dilemma; between the idealism of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the realism of the international arena.
Successive Australian governments have crafted an image of Australia as a concerted supporter of nuclear non-proliferation, which is reflected in policies that promote responsible behaviour by nuclear weapons powers and frequent articulation of the importance of an international environment free from nuclear weapons.

Australia’s nuclear policy is multifaceted; its inherent flexibility makes it strangely appropriate for a nation that continues to struggle with the very idea of all things nuclear as well as with its place in the international arena

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