ABSTRACT
This chapter outlines the history of Australia and Canada's nuclear industry and the crafting of their respective nuclear policies. It examines the consequences of the breaking of a three decade long moratorium of nuclear trade with India. The chapter illustrates that once the United States welcomed India back into the nuclear fold, Canada and Australia quickly followed suit. This is important because trading with India on a nuclear level has altered vital agreements through the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) and Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). During the halcyon days of Atoms for Peace, the Eisenhower administration and the US Atomic Energy Commission considered sharing nuclear technology with less developed nations as a cornerstone of advancement and cooperation that was a low risk to weapons proliferation. India had been working on a nuclear program before the Colombo Plan was implemented, and Canada aims not only to fulfil its obligations to the Plan, but also economically to benefit its own nuclear industry.
