The international nuclear regulator is suddenly paying Australia much more attention since the country agreed to buy nuclear-powered submarines.
International inspections of Australia’s nuclear facilities and materials have increased by a third in the past year as the nation’s nuclear risk profile changes due to AUKUS.
“This country is now going to be acquiring naval nuclear propulsion – it will have high enriched uranium in a country where we don’t currently have high enriched uranium,” he said. “That changes the equation.” Corey Hinderstein, acting principal deputy administrator of America’s National Nuclear Security Administration , said the nuclear safeguards developed in Australia for AUKUS will set a global benchmark for other nations that seek naval nuclear propulsion.
French President Emmanuel Macron announced in March that his nation would assist Brazil to develop nuclear-propelled submarines, and other nations are understood to be interested in similar naval technologies.
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