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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Date: Wednesday, 18 October 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Sweden-and-UK-agree-to-enhance-cooperation-in-nucl

An agreement between Orano and Mongolian state-owned investment company Erdenes Mongol LLC sets out the framework for an investment agreement that will lay the foundations for a long-term relationship for the development and industrial operation of the Zuuvch-Ovoo uranium project in south-western Mongolia. The investment agreement is expected to be signed by the end of the year.

Date: Saturday, 14 October 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Franco-Mongolian-protocol-lays-foundations-for-ura

The Roadmaps to New Nuclear conference, organised by the French Ministry for Energy Transition and the OECD’s Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) in Paris, resulted in two communiques signed by energy ministers and industry representatives emphasising the need for nuclear energy.

Date: Tuesday, 03 October 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfrance-and-nea-host-conference-to-promote-nuclear-energy-11186484