Trying to use radioactive material from Australia’s nuclear submarines to make atomic bombs would make the boats’ inoperable, partners tell UN.
Australia, the US and UK have hit back at China’s attacks on the AUKUS pact, saying it will be impossible for Australia to convert uranium fuelling the planned fleet of nuclear-powered submarines into weapons without ruining the boats.
“Partners are committed to doing this in a way that meets the highest possible non-proliferation standards including by providing complete, welded power units so that Australia need not conduct uranium enrichment nor fuel fabrication,” the working paper said. The AUKUS members’ working paper for the UN conference points out Australia will not receive nuclear material “for many years” and the three countries have put in place four guiding elements to ensure compliance.
“Further, the nuclear material inside of these reactors would not be in a form that can be directly used in nuclear weapons without further chemical processing, requiring facilities that Australia does not have and will not seek.
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