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The uranium industry is shifting as new suppliers (such as Greenland and Tanzania) and consumers (India and Iran) are entering the global uranium market. These new entrants introduce new challenges for export controls, transport security, physical protection and tracking of materials. At the same time, technological advances are producing a purer product, prompting the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to re-clarify where in the nuclear fuel cycle nuclear material accountancy begins, thereby capturing more and more of the front-end of the nuclear fuel cycle under international safeguards.
The Governing Uranium project, led by DIIS, is a global research effort studying how a changing international market is impacting the governance of uranium production and trade.
Senior Researcher, Cindy Vestergaard, will present the project’s final report and analyse how uranium trade is governed across fifteen uranium producing and consuming countries. She will analyse how a shifting market is impacting industry and the policy implications for nuclear trade.
Postdoc, Gry Thomasen, will present her latest research from the Danish archives on the genesis of the alleged zero tolerance policy. This research suggests that there never was a zero tolerance policy or a halt on granting exploration licenses to explore for radioactive material.
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