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2005-08-09 Down Under

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Posted by God Save The World 2005-08-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Foreign Minister Alexander Downer says the agreement will establish safeguards to ensure Australian uranium supplied to China is used "exclusively for peaceful purposes".

Unless the Aussies intend to have their people involved in all aspects of the material's use and full control of its handling, there's no guarantees the Commies won't divert some of it into "non-peaceful" uses.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-08-09 00:29|| 2005-08-09 00:29|| Front Page Top

#2 You said it Bomb-a-rama! Chinese hegemony will require the Russians to "grab the ankles" in the future; I hope that doesn't frighten the Aussies into anything hasty. China knows It can't take Indonesia without subduing Australia and it's influences (US) in their strategic designs on the region.

Posted by smn 2005-08-09 05:27|| 2005-08-09 05:27|| Front Page Top

#3 Actually can be EXTREMELY difficult if accurate auditing is done and you taint the uranium mixture. Weaponized enriched uranium is 98-99% pure U-235 (or plutonium which is a whole nother ball game). For generating electricity this rarely goes over 7% purity. Anyway all I'm saying is the main problem occurs in successful auditing and making sure the other guys (china in this case) return the spent uranium rather than try to process it.

Posted by Valentine 2005-08-09 05:39|| 2005-08-09 05:39|| Front Page Top

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