18 September 2008: MAPW welcomes the recommendations by Australian government's Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, that Australia does not proceed with uranium sales to Russia until far more stringent measures are in place to separate Russia's civilian and military nuclear facilities.

How well can the IAEA safeguard existing civilian nuclear energy facilities against the threat of nuclear proliferation? How sound are the agency's inspection efforts to prevent the possible diversions of fresh and spent fuel rods from reactors and of nuclear materials directly useable to make bombs from nuclear fuel making plants? A new NPECi report identifies the IAEA safeguards system's key structural and operational deficiencies and pinpoints where additional funding would strengthen IAEA safeguards and where it would not; and gives detailed recommendations to make the IAEA safeguards system more credible and effective. The Nonproliferation Policy Education Center's Executive Director Henry Sokolski summarises the report in this presentation. (Full report available on the NPEC website).

Jean McSorley, independent anti-nuclear campaigner since 1980, discusses the 2000 NPTi Review Conference and “peaceful uses of nuclear technology”. Paper from MAPW Conference 2000.

Dr John Loy, Chief Executive Officer of ARPANSAi, addresses the 2000 MAPW Conference, regarding radiation protection and standards, and the role of the regulatory agency.

This 24-page booklet updated by Dimity Hawkins for MAPW sets out the important role of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPTi) and how it can be successfully implemented. It contains the text of the treaty and other relevant documents. (Printer quality version - larger file size).

This is a 4-page overview of Securing our survival: the case for a nuclear weapons convention (2007), which  sets out and explains an updated Model Convention aiming eliminate nuclear weapons.