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Calls for more ‘access to national and international climate finance mechanisms’
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Saturday, 21 September 2024
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/industry-groups-urge-governments-to-make-nuclear-expansion-strategic-priority-9-5-2024
A new report from the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) says the lowest-risk option would be to wait until a mature market for the technology has emerged in the 2040s before introducing SMRs into Australia's low-carbon energy mix. But Australian opposition leader Peter Dutton says the first Australian units could be in operation before the end of the 2030s.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 26 July 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Australia-should-wait-for-SMR-market-to-mature,-re
A workshop hosted by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, in partnership with World Nuclear Association and the International Atomic Energy Agency, aimed to align, where appropriate, the improvement and oversight activities of the industry, the regulators and standards development organisations. The association's Nathan Paterson provides an overview of the event.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 19 April 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Supply-chain-in-focus-for-nuclear-industry
Trade in counterfeit and fraudulent items accounts for an estimated 2.5% of world trade, according to a 2021 study by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. A major research project aims to assess the implications for the nuclear sector.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 14 March 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-project-considers-implications-of-counterfeit
Uranium production from Olympic Dam could increase in future as BHP considers expanding copper production at the mine in South Australia. Meanwhile, Energy Resources of Australia said it will need to raise more funds in 2024 to cover expenditure on the rehabilitation of the former Ranger uranium mine.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 29 February 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Australian-miners-provide-updates-on-past-and-futu
At the 28th Conference of the Parties to the original 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28), 22 countries signed a declaration supporting tripling nuclear energy capacity by 2050. The document was signed by the heads of state, or senior officials, from Bulgaria, Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Ghana, Hungary, Japan, South Korea, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, the UK and the USA. China and Russia did not sign, although they have the world’s fastest growing and most ambitious nuclear power programmes.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 06 December 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newscop28-22-countries-target-tripling-global-nuclear-energy-capacity-by-2050-11347824
The UK's Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) and the Environment Agency have completed a project piloting a nuclear regulatory sandbox process, using artificial intelligence (AI) as the test case. This project, which has reported its conclusions, will help inform the development of a regulatory approach to AI.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 11 November 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UK-regulators-consider-application-of-AI-in-nuclea
The upcoming Joint Project on Waste Integration for Small and Advanced Reactor Designs - or WISARD - will focus on exploring how front-end and design phase decisions impact back-end strategies to support sustainable future nuclear systems.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 28 October 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/EPRI,-NEA-in-WISARD-waste-integration-collaboratio
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak have signed a strategic partnership to expand cooperation. Through the partnership, Sweden and the UK further strengthen cooperation on security and defence. The strategic partnership with the UK is a political declaration of intent in line with Sweden’s obligations under EU law. It also applies to a large number of areas where Sweden and the UK see the benefits of increased cooperation, such as innovation, research, green transition and trade and investments.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 21 October 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsuk-and-sweden-agree-to-enhance-cooperation-in-nuclear-development-11234363
A strategic partnership has been signed between the UK and Sweden aimed at "reinvigorated and deepened cooperation across the bilateral relationship, including on security and defence, innovation, science, energy and climate, people to people and trade and investment". It includes cooperation on nuclear reactor technologies, including small modular reactors, and diversifying nuclear fuel supplies.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 18 October 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Sweden-and-UK-agree-to-enhance-cooperation-in-nucl