The government has recently put the issue of Australia’s future nuclear industry firmly on the table, and has established a taskforce to review uranium mining processing and nuclear energy in Australia. This ASPI Strategic Insight, authored by Andrew Davies, examines the impact that any change to Australia’s place in the nuclear supply chain might have on the proliferation of nuclear weapons.

To see submissions to the Taskforce on Uranium Mining, Processing and Nuclear Energy Review, including ASPI's, go to http://www.dpmc.gov.au/umpner/submissions.cfm

If you would like to find out more about isotopes, chain reactions and the concept of critical mass before reading the report go to http://www.ansto.gov.au/edu