Uranium mining and exports

Yokohama conference: thousands call for end to nuclear power

Written 25/01/2012

The Global Conference for a Nuclear Power Free World, held in Yokohama Japan 14-15 January, was attended by 11,500 people from over 30 countries, with over 100,000 watching via web stream.

Australian participants included MAPW's Dr Margaret Beavis. Mr.

Selling uranium to India: an ICAN and MAPW joint media release, 4 December 2011

Written 06/12/2011

Labor sells out on nuclear non-proliferation, a joint media release from MAPW and ICANⁱ on 4 December, following the ALP conference decision to sell uranium to India.

media release.pdf

Uranium sales to India: Health and environment groups write to ALP delegates November 2011

Written 29/11/2011

2-page letter to ALP National Conference 2011 delegates, on the proposed sale of uranium to India.

India letter_to_ALP_delegates.pdf

Is selling uranium to India legal?

Written 29/11/2011

The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICANⁱ) has received legal advice casting doubt on the legality of Julia Gillard's proposal that the Australian government should sell uranium to India.

Illegality of uranium sales to India. November 2011

Written 29/11/2011

A two page briefing paper by Tim Wright summarising the legal opinion on uranium sales to India provided to ICAN by Professor Donald Rothwell of ANU.

ICAN-UraniumIndia.pdf

Uranium sales to India: legal advice

Written 29/11/2011

Formal legal opinion provided to ICAN by Professor Don Rothwell from the Australian National University states that the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty prohibits Australia from selling uranium to countries that have not accepted full-scope safeguards.

ICANW~Legal Opinion~FINAL.pdf

Uranium sales to India: 2010 fact sheet

Written 28/11/2011

2010 4-page fact sheet written by Dr Jim Green for the Nuclear Awareness Project, funded by the MAPW Peace Fund.

Uranium-India-4p-final.pdf

US military presence, cluster bombs, and uranium sales: MAPW members speak out

Written 17/11/2011

Updated 23 November: President Obama's Australian visit has sparked announcements of an expanded US military presence in Australia -raising the possibility of storage of banned cluster bombs - while the PM has made clear her intention to change policy on uranium sales to India. Our members have spoken on radio, and once again written numerous letters to the media.

India uranium sales would increase nuclear war risk: MAPW, 15 November 2011

Written 15/11/2011

MAPW media release calling on on the Australian Government and the Australian Labor Party to lead the world towards the abolition of nuclear weapons, rather than risking nuclear weapons proliferation by selling Australian uranium to nuclear-armed India.

2011-11-15-MAPW-Uranium-India-release.pdf

India uranium sales would increase nuclear war risk: MAPW key resources

Written 15/11/2011

The Medical Association for Prevention of War (MAPW) has called on the Government and the ALP to lead the world towards the abolition of nuclear weapons, rather than risking nuclear weapons proliferation by selling Australian uranium to nuclear-armed India.