Australia-Ukraine agreement 07 February 2017
An Australian parliamentary committee today recommended ratification of a bilateral nuclear cooperation agreement that will permit the export of Australian uranium to Ukraine, subject to the development of a contingency plan for loss of regulatory control of the material.
The Joint Standing Committee on Treaties - also referred to as the Treaties Committee - is appointed by parliament to review and report on all treaty actions proposed by the Australian government before it takes any action which binds the country to the terms of the treaty. The committee's review of the cooperation agreement with Ukraine, signed in Washington DC in March last year, included a public hearing held in November, where it heard from government departments as well as environmentalists and the minerals industry.
Australia requires a bilateral nuclear cooperation agreement to be in place before any of its nuclear materials can be used in another country. Such agreements contain guidance to prevent Australian nuclear materials being used for nuclear weapons or other military uses.
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