Место издания:Joint report of China Arms Control and Disarmament Association (CACDA) and Center for Energy and Security Studies (CENESS)
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Аннотация:In September 2021 the three states – Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States – announced the creation of “AUKUS”, “an enhanced trilateral security partnership”. The first initiative under the AUKUS deal entails the support of two nuclear-weapon states (NWS) in establishing fleet of 8 nuclear-powered submarines (SSNs) for Australia, a non-nuclear weapon state (NNWS) party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). Among other things, the deal envisages the transfer to Australia of the nuclear fuel for the submarine propulsion systems, totaling up to four tons of highly enriched uranium (HEU) at enrichment level of 93–97% U-235. That amount of HEU would theoretically be enough to produce 160 nuclear explosive devices. TheAUKUS strategic military cooperation is unprecedented and goes against the goals and spirit of the NPT, may inflict severe damage on the international non-proliferation regime and the NPT itself. It has raised serious concerns and triggered a controversy among international community.China Arms Control and Disarmament Association (CACDA) and Center forEnergy and Security Studies (CENESS) agreed to undertake a joint study on the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal. The conducted study identifies the main risks and challenges the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal creates for the non-proliferation regime, and IAEA safeguards system. The study outlines possible implications for global and regional security, as well as it offers some recommendations with an aim of reducing associated risks and challenges
