An illusion of protection
An Illusion of Protection – Australian safeguards fail nuclear weapons test
Date: 5-Nov-2006
ACF and the Medical Association for Prevention of War today launched a major report on the limitations of safeguards for the proposed export of Australian uranium to China and India.
“Australian uranium will disappear off the safeguards radar on arrival in China at a military controlled uranium conversion facility that is outside of the IAEA’s international nuclear inspection regime,” said Australian Conservation Foundation Nuclear Free Campaigner David Noonan.
“Our uranium exports can directly and indirectly fuel the fires of future nuclear weapons and further regional insecurities.”
”The contemporary nuclear threat is a key medical and public health issue with Australia priming the pump through irresponsible uranium exports,” said Associate Professor Tilman Ruff, President of the Medical Association for Prevention of War (Australia).
The report “An Illusion of Protection: the unavoidable limitations of safeguards on nuclear materials and the export of uranium to China” has been prepared by ACF and MAPW and is co-authored by academic experts in the field.