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Aus to join US nuclear energy cooperation plan

Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer said that Australia is considering working with the United States on the global nuclear energy partnership.

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MELBOURNE: Australia has on Friday confirmed its plan to push for a nuclear energy cooperation with the United States.

Confirming the government's plan, Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer said that Australia is considering working with the United States on the global nuclear energy partnership after a draft letter from him and Resources Minister Ian Macfarlane to Prime Minister was leaked to AM.

The unsigned letter seeks approval for discussions to begin on the too early to say if that would mean joining the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership, but he says it is a real possibility.
      
"Not for a moment would I rule that out it's a real possibility, that we could build a relationship with the Americans under the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership, but their work on that isn't even finished yet," he said adding both Ian Macfarlane and I think it makes good sense to get into negotiations.
      
"Where those negotiations would lead and what sort of agreement we would conclude at the end, I don't know, but I have no problems with it," he said.

Meanwhile, anti-nuclear campaigners which include -- the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF), the Wilderness Society and Greenpeace -- are taking the letter as further evidence that Australia is moving towards a nuclear industry.

The ACF nuclear campaigner David Noonan warned such a move could have far reaching effects for the security of the Asia Pacific region.

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