[Greens-Media] Greens challenge uranium miners on nuclear weapons - but none raise hands

[Bennett, Ebony (Sen B. Brown)]

Thursday, 26 July 2007

Greens challenge uranium miners on nuclear weapons - but none raise
hands

"Our uranium going to dangerous dictatorships" - Brown

Greens Leader Bob Brown told the Australian Uranium Conference in
Fremantle this morning that both John Howard and Kevin Rudd are acting
with dangerous disregard for the future security of Australians by
selling uranium to nuclear weapons equipped countries like Russia, China
and India.

"Australian uranium will inevitably either go into nuclear weapons or
free up local uranium for weapons in Russia, China or India," Senator
Brown said.

Senator Brown cited the dangerous spread of nuclear technology from
China to Pakistan and North Korea and a proposal by president Putin to
export enriched uranium to Iran and Burma at huge threats to Australia
and the world.

When he asked the conference of miners who wanted our uranium going into
nuclear weapons from these countries, not one hand went up.

"Energy efficiency can free up 30% of Australia's current electricity
production for future business and domestic use - that's cheaper, and
safer than nuclear power and, unlike nuclear power, it's carbon free,"
Senator Brown said.

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