Jan 10, 2025 · News, features and analysis covering the global nuclear energy sector, supported by World Nuclear Association

Jan 2, 2025 · Panelists in a session at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2025 in Davos acknowledged the challenge of meeting the target of tripling nuclear capacity by 2050 but highlighted progress made with regards to the supply chain and financing in achieving this.

Nov 13, 2024 · World Nuclear Association Director General Sama Bilbao y León speaking at the event (Image: World Nuclear Association) During COP28 - held in Dubai, UAE, in December last year - 25 countries backed a Ministerial Declaration calling for the tripling of global nuclear energy capacity by 2050.

Jan 22, 2025 · The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation and government-owned diversified energy group ADNOC are to evaluate the deployment of advanced nuclear technology such as small modular reactors to support the UAE's energy diversification strategy, and will look into using excess heat from the Barakah nuclear power plant in ADNOC's oil and gas operations.

The panel (Image: World Nuclear Association) Geopolitical instability since the last edition of the report was published in 2021 - notably resulting from the Russia-Ukraine war - has led to increased interest in nuclear power for energy security and sovereignty, as well as having significant implications for the globalised market for nuclear fuel services.

Sep 18, 2024 · Global nuclear power generation is forecast to grow by almost 3% annually on average through to 2026, reaching a new record high by 2025, according to the International Energy Agency. More than half of new reactors expected to become operational during the outlook period are in China and India.

Oct 25, 2024 · How the new Bailong plant could look when six reactors are eventually built on the site (Image: SPIC) China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) said Phase I of its Xuwei plant in Jiangsu project will be "the world's first to couple a high-temperature gas-cooled reactor with a pressurised water reactor".

4 days ago · An agreement has been concluded to renew the Generation IV International Forum, which aims to build on its first 25 years of sharing research and development on innovative nuclear reactor designs, as William D Magwood IV, Director-General of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, explains.

(Image: World Nuclear Association) The latest annual World Nuclear Performance Report - the ninth in the series - says nuclear generation supplied more than 2600 TWh last year, up 58 TWh from 2022, and accounted for 9% of the world's electricity production. This increase was partly due to the return to service of French reactors after …

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