澳洲綠黨訊息:中國與澳洲進行核礦交易

2006 / 04 / 08

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Howard and Wen duck nuclear weapons question
澳洲總理霍華德和中國總理溫家寶迴避核武器問題
Senator Milne, 3rd April 2006
參議員Milne, 2006 年4月3 日

Prime Minister John Howard's deal with Chinese Premier Wen to sell Australian uranium to China will see Australian uranium either directly or indirectly support China's nuclear weapons programme, the Australian Greens said today. 
澳洲綠黨人士今天說：「澳洲總理約翰?霍華德與中國總理溫家寶之間出售澳洲鈾礦給中國的交易，將視為澳洲直接或間接地支持中國的核武器計劃。」

"The Chinese Ambassador to Australia in December 2005 said that China had insufficient uranium for both its nuclear power and nuclear weapons programmes," Greens energy spokesperson Senator Christine Milne said in Launceston. 
在Launceston的綠黨能源發言人Christine Milne 說：「2005年12月，中國駐澳大使說, 中國的核電與核武計劃均出現鈾的不足的現象。」

"It is obvious that Australian uranium will make up the shortfall. 
"顯然地，澳洲鈾礦將補充短缺。

"In the news conference announcing the deal in Canberra, Premier Wen ducked the question as to whether Chinese uranium would be diverted from civilian nuclear reactors to the weapons programme. 
中國總理溫家寶在坎培拉宣佈交易的記者會上,迴避了「中國是否將和平用途的鈾反應爐轉用於鈾武器發展計畫」這個問題。

"All John Howard would say was that China's safeguards arrangements with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) would apply. 
"澳洲總理霍華德只願意說，中國的安全措施會配合國際原子能組織(國際原子能機構)。

"What must be understood is that China as a nuclear weapons state makes the decision about which facilities will be open to inspection by the IAEA. These facilities can be withdrawn from inspection at any time of China's choosing.
"重點是中國作為一個擁有核武的國家足以決定哪些設施將開放給國際原子能機構檢查，同時中國可以隨時決定將這些設施從檢查名單上拿掉。
"The agreements make clear that Australian yellowcake will go first to Chinese nuclear facilities for conversion and these are outside the safeguards agreement.
"協議講的很清楚，澳洲的粗製鈾先到中國的核設施轉換，而這些是在保障協定之外。

"Whilst Prime Minister Howard says that Australian uranium will only be permitted to be enriched to 20 per cent, there is no way that he can guarantee this as once the uranium is converted into uranium hexafluoride it is impossible to tell from where it was sourced. 
"當總理霍華德說澳洲的鈾將只被允許增加到百分之二十的時候，他卻沒有任何方式可以保證能夠百分之百地控制鈾的來源，因為一旦鈾被轉換成鈾六氟化合物後，我們就無法分辨它的來源地。

"Selling uranium to a military dictatorship which has already made nuclear materials and technology available to Pakistan and Iran and which has so little respect for human rights and industrial health and safety is putting dollars before human decency and global security. 
"賣鈾給一個已經有能力把核子材料和技術輸出到巴基斯坦和伊朗、同時不尊重人權與核能健康與安全的軍事獨裁國家，就等同是棄全球安全與人類生活不顧，而只一心想賺黑心錢。

"Australia should be providing cutting-edge renewable energy technology to the world and making a positive contribution to climate change and global security, rather than supporting a politically reactionary regime and the build-up of nuclear weapons." 
"澳洲應該對世界提供先端的再生能源科技，並且對氣候變化和全球性安全做出的正面貢獻，而不是支持一個在政治上反動而處心積累地想建造核武的政權。(本文為澳洲綠黨新聞稿，由台灣綠黨負責翻譯，台灣環境行動網進行校對。)