Fixing a fatal, nuclear flaw in AUKUS
With an AUKUS announcement imminent, nonproliferation expert Alan Kuperman says there’s still time to make sure Australian subs use less dangerous low-enriched uranium and make the world safer.
With an AUKUS announcement imminent, nonproliferation expert Alan Kuperman says there’s still time to make sure Australian subs use less dangerous low-enriched uranium and make the world safer.
Australia’s ambassador to the US, Arthur Sinodinos, confirmed unequivocally that the “mature” submarines his country will buy will use highly enriched uranium: “The subs would be using HEU, and we’re just working out now the arrangements what that will mean in practice.”