Nicole Hinton Uranium Industry Section Resources, Energy and Tourism

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Nicole HintonUranium Industry SectionResources,
Energy and Tourism
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Outline

• Commonwealth Government Policy
• Export Permits
• RET Activities

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Australian Government Policy

• The Australian Government supports the
  development of a sustainable uranium mining
  sector in line with worlds best practice
  environmental and safety standards
• States and Territories determine their policies
  on uranium mining
• Uranium mining trigger the EPBC Act (DEWHA)
• All exports are done under strict safeguards
  arrangements and only to NPT countries (ASNO)
• Minister for Resources issues export permits for
  uranium (RET)

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Uranium Export Permits

• Minister for Resources and Energy grants permits
  under Regulation 9 of the Customs (Prohibited
  Exports) Regulations 1958
• Conditional permits valid for 10 years
• Allows direct exports to all countries within
  Australia's network of bilateral safeguards
  agreements

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Example permit conditions

• Copies of contracts to RET
• Safeguards clearances for each shipment
• Reporting requirements
• Minister can impose other conditions

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Shipment approvals / administration

RET
Shipment approval sought
RET's final approval needed before shipment made
Safeguards approval sought post-shipment
confirmations
Exporter
ASNO
Export declaration lodged on ICS
Customs
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RET Activities

• Uranium Industry Framework (UIF)
• UIF Steering Group report
• 20 recommendations addressing issues facing
  uranium sector
• Implementation Group
• industry, Commonwealth and state governments and
  other stakeholders representatives
• Four working groups
• Regulation
• Indigenous engagement
• Skills
• Transport

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RET Activities (cont)

• Australian National Dose Register
• In-situ Recovery Guide
• Streamlining Uranium Export Permits

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Further information

• Uranium Industry Section
• Resources Division
• Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism
• www.ret.gov.au/uranium
• uranium_at_ret.gov.au
• Geoscience Australia
• www.ga.gov.au
• ABARE
• www.abare.gov.au