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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

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

WNA’s Sama Bilbao y Leon ‘an advocate of current and future nuclear technology’

Date: Saturday, 23 September 2023
Original article: nucnet.org/news/international-nuclear-societies-council-announces-2023-9-5-2023

“Uranium 2022: Resources, Production and Demand”, widely known as the Red Book, is the 29th edition of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and International Atomic Energy Agency's biennial report. The 568-page report presents the most recent review of world uranium market fundamentals and offers a statistical profile of the uranium industry. It includes 54 country reports on uranium exploration, resources, production and reactor-related requirements, 36 of which were prepared from officially reported government data and narratives, and 18 that were prepared by the NEA and IAEA secretariats.

Date: Saturday, 08 April 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsred-book-sees-modest-decrease-in-uranium-resources-but-expects-nuclear-capacity-to-increase-10741481

The 29th edition of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and International Atomic Energy Agency's jointly produced reference work on uranium provides analyses and information from 54 uranium producing and consuming countries and provides a 'snapshot' of the situation from data available in early 2021.

Date: Wednesday, 05 April 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Red-Book-provides-snapshot-of-uranium-situation