Gillard's push for uranium sales to India

[KS]

THE Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, has set the scene for a brawl at the ALP national conference by calling on the party to reverse its policy and allow uranium exports to India.

Calling for a policy change that is likely to be adopted, Ms Gillard says it is time for Labor to broaden its platform and ''strengthen our connection with dynamic, democratic India''.

Labor has long resisted selling uranium to India, which has nuclear weapons and nuclear power, because it refuses to sign the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, a prerequisite Labor policy puts on uranium sales.


Gillard's push for uranium sales to India

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Money talks, BS walks.

 

[SpArK]

Indian nuclear plants could get uranium from Australia : Rest of the World News - India Today

 

[kaykay]

thats great man.....but wait let it be frist.....i doubt!

 

[MINK]

Australia's Gillard urges U-turn on India uranium sales

Australia's prime minister has called for the country's ban on selling uranium to India to be overturned.

Julia Gillard wrote in a newspaper column that it made no sense to sell nuclear material to China, Japan and the US, but not to India.

Ms Gillard's Labor Party introduced the ban in 2008 because India had not signed the non-proliferation treaty.

Australia holds about 40% of the world's proven reserves of uranium and supplies about 20% of the world market.

The country has no nuclear power facilities itself but allows the export of uranium for peaceful purposes.

'Dynamic, democratic India'

India has a long-standing nuclear power programme, but also has nuclear weapons.

Delhi has refused to sign the non-proliferation treaty, arguing that it is discriminatory because only countries that had tested nuclear weapons before 1967 are allowed to legally possess them.

Despite this, the US recently signed a deal with New Delhi to co-operate on its civil nuclear programme.

Ms Gillard, writing before the Labor Party conference next month, urged her colleagues to drop their support for the ban, describing India as a close partner.

"It is time for Labor to modernise our platform and enable us to strengthen our connection with dynamic, democratic India," she wrote.

"We must, of course, expect of India the same standards we do of all countries for uranium export - strict adherence to International Atomic Energy Agency arrangements and strong bilateral undertakings and transparency measures that will provide assurances our uranium will be used only for peaceful purposes."

She said lifting the ban would bring jobs and growth to Australia.

Analysts say Ms Gillard's plan is likely to face stiff opposition from politicians on the left of her party, but she is likely to have enough support to force the issue through.

India is planning to build some 30 reactors in the next 30 years and is aiming to get a quarter of its electricity from nuclear energy by 2050.


BBC News - Australia's Gillard urges U-turn on India uranium sales

 

[SpArK]

So last of the resistance on uranium just vanishes in thin air..

 

[Skull and Bones]

Bunch of confused peoples in the authority.

 

[Shardul.....the lion]

Its all in all australian newspapers

1. Prime Minister Julia Gillard has an each-way bet on nuclear power --the australian Cookies must be enabled | The Australian

2. Barnett pushes for uranium sales to India --- ABC online

3. Uranium shares soar on India trade talk

4. Australia uranium sales to India will boost ties: business council --- Radio australia

5. Mining juniors anticipate foreign interest with uranium exports to India ---- The australia

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Labor Left concedes defeat on uranium ban

So the opposition from labour party is also conceding defeat

 

[MINK]

So last of the resistance on uranium just vanishes in thin air..

They have to do it today or tomorrow. Actually my concern is not Australia but it's Japan. India won't have access to some critical nuclear technology (which Japan is the only manufacturer) unless India and Japan sign nuclear agreement.

 

[Vibs]

They have to do it today or tomorrow. Actually my concern is not Australia but it's Japan. India won't have access to some critical nuclear technology (which Japan is the only manufacturer) unless India and Japan sign nuclear agreement.

I've heard of nuclear plants going critical. But have never heard of a critical nuclear technology? I think you are referring to fourth generation nuclear reactors.

And for the record, India leads the world on thorium energy research. Might not need uranium in the future.

 

[MINK]

I've heard of nuclear plants going critical. But have never heard of a critical nuclear technology? I think you are referring to fourth generation nuclear reactors.

And for the record, India leads the world on thorium energy research. Might not need uranium in the future.

By referring critical nuclear technology I meant key nuclear technology which is crucial for to build the french and russian reactors.

for more details have a look here

The Hindu : News / National : India, Japan to firm up strategic ties despite nuclear stalemate

 

[Kinetic]

Ms. Gillard, “Better late than never is poor consolation for the man who has lost the opportunity of a lifetime”. I hope you will not.

 

[Roybot]

India as a rising giant will be part of that strong economic growth," Ms Gillard said."Put simply, our best possible partnership with India is also good for Australian jobs."

Ms Gillard said Australia had pursued international diplomatic efforts to bring India into the nuclear non-proliferation treaty.But the US-India Civil Nuclear Agreement, signed in 2005, changed that strategy. "It effectively lifted the de facto international ban on co-operation with India in this area," Ms Gillard said.

Australia would be penalised economically if the government continued its ban on uranium sales to India. India is forecast to lift its use of nuclear power from 3 per cent now to a forecast 40 per cent in 2050. "Given this change in diplomatic circumstances around the world, for us to refuse to budge is all pain with no gain," Ms Gillard said. She said Labor's national platform should recognise the reality of selling uranium to India.

Ms Gillard said India was in a class of its own, unlike Israel and Pakistan. She ruled out the use of nuclear energy in Australia, saying the nation had access to abundant cheaper energy resources.

Read more: Time to supply uranium to 'rising giant', says PM

 

[Vibs]

By referring critical nuclear technology I meant key nuclear technology which is crucial for to build the french and russian reactors.

for more details have a look here

The Hindu : News / National : India, Japan to firm up strategic ties despite nuclear stalemate

Ah that one...that is restricted to the American and French Reactors. Not Russian ones.

 

[angeldemon_007]

I think now Australia is way late in the race. If they want to sell uranium, i think they will have to come to a lower price than others to sell their stuff.

 

[brahmastra]

i heard o radio that defence minister supports Julia's plan.