Mr. Downer also said that the Australian government was disappointed when India and Pakistan developed nuclear weapons, but supports the new US deal with India as an attempt to engage with India and "open up their civilian nuclear industry to International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors." The deal between the two countries involves the US supplying civilian nuclear technology to India, in exchange for money and a promise to open some reactors for inspection. India has said it will reclassify 14 of its 22 nuclear reactors as being for power generation only, which will allow the International Atomic Energy Agency  to inspect them. The NPT permits 5 states to own nuclear weapons: France (signed 1992), the People's Republic of China (1992),  Soviet Union (1968; obligations and rights assumed by Russia),  United Kingdom (1968), and the United States (1968). All other signatories have agreed that they will not seek nuclear weapons technology. 187 sovereign nations are currently signed on to the NPT; however India, Pakistan, and Israel have not. India and Pakistan possess nuclear weapons, and Israel is suspected of possession of nuclear weapons. Australia has 30\% of the world's available uranium. According to the Uranium Information Centre, from 2000 to 2005 Australia exported 46,600 tonnes of uranium, to the value of over A $2.1 billion. Australia currently exports to the USA, Japan, South Korea, Spain, France,  United Kingdom, Sweden, Germany, Belgium , and Finland. Exports are for electricity generation only, in accordance with the NPT.
Mr. Downer also said that the Australian government was disappointed when India and Pakistan developed nuclear weapons, but supports the new United States deal with India as an attempt to engage with India and "open up their civilian nuclear industry to International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors." The deal between the two countries involves the US supplying civilian nuclear technology to India, in exchange for money and a promise to open some reactors for inspection. India has said it will reclassify 14 of its 22 nuclear reactors as being for power generation only, which will allow the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAFA) to inspect them. The NPT permits 5 states to own nuclear weapons: France (signed 1992), the People's Republic of China (1992), the Soviet Union (1968; obligations and rights assumed by Russia), the United Kingdom (1968), and the United States (1968). All other signatories have agreed that they will not seek nuclear weapons technology. 187 sovereign nations are currently signed on to the NPT; however India, Pakistan, and Israel have not. India and Pakistan possess nuclear weapons, and Israel is suspected of possession of nuclear weapons. Australia has 30\% of the world's available uranium. According to the Uranium Information Centre, from 2000 to 2005 Australia exported 46,600 tonnes of uranium, to the value of over AU $2.1 billion. Australia currently exports to the USA, Japan, South Korea, Spain, France, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Germany, Belgium and Finland. Exports are for electricity generation only, in accordance with the NPT.
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