Don't mention the bomb

Another issue raised by Dr Switkowski and his colleagues [besides nuclear power] deserves attention - the question of Australia's nuclear weapons capability.

Come again? Who is talking about nuclear weapons? Well, no one is, directly. But the question is there, lurking just below the surface, and it needs to be addressed. While much of the Switkowski report focused on mining and power generation, one chapter considered whether Australia should develop its own uranium enrichment capability. That might allow us to make money by transforming our uranium into nuclear fuel for power reactors before exporting it. But whether we like it or not, it would also be a first, big step towards building nuclear weapons.

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