World Nuclear News

World Nuclear News

World Nuclear News

Episodes 52
Avg. Duration 35m
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Since May 2022
Latest Episode Feb 2026

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Bringing you the news from the worldwide nuclear energy sector, interviews with key players and easy-to-follow guides to the nuclear essentials each month. The World Nuclear News team has been reporting about nuclear power since 2007 at: https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/ WNN is supported by the World Nuclear Association and draws on its global network of contacts across the industry, academia and international agencies.

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What should be the target time to build a new nuclear plant?

Feb 10, 2026 36m

How long should it take from signing a contract to first concrete, to completion, for a new nuclear power plant? And what needs to be done to ensure the funding can be unlocked for new units? Those…

What were the big nuclear energy stories of 2025? What to watch out for in 2026...

Dec 23, 2025 47m

The World Nuclear News team looks back over the most read articles in 2025 - with topics including Canada's ground-breaking SMR project, the 50th World Nuclear Symposium, the eventual signing of a…

What happened with nuclear energy at COP30? Plus Myriad Uranium's Thomas Lamb

Dec 12, 2025 30m

Nuclear energy is now widely seen as one part of the solution to reducing carbon emissions. But how much of a profile did it get at COP30 - the 30th UN Climate Change Conference, held in Belém,…

Johan Svenningsson on Sweden's ‘Nuclear 2.0’, and his World Nuclear Association role

Dec 01, 2025 24m

Johan Svenningsson is Country Chairman and CEO of Uniper Sweden as well as being vice chairman and chairman-elect of World Nuclear Association.In this edition, Svenningsson talks about what has been…

Financing new nuclear energy projects

Nov 12, 2025 43m

If global nuclear energy capacity is to at least triple by 2050 it is going to need huge, huge investment - estimates suggest $250billion a year for 25 years. So how will it be financed and what are…

World Nuclear Fuel Report and World Nuclear Symposium

Sep 23, 2025 42m

More than 1,100 people gathered in London for the 50th World Nuclear Symposium, taking part in a packed programme of discussions, panels and networking. In addition to the usual broad range of topics…

Nuclear energy sets new record for electricity generation

Sep 01, 2025 24m

Nuclear reactors worldwide generated 2667 TWh of electricity in 2024, beating the previous record high of 2660 TWh which was set back in 2006, according to World Nuclear Performance Report 2025. In…

Interviews: Amentum's Andy White plus GLE's Nima Ashkeboussi

Aug 21, 2025 32m

Andy White, senior vice president of Energy and Environment International for Amentum, talks about his background and the work Amentum is doing in the UK and across Europe in the nuclear sector.Among…

Energy lawyer Vince Zabielski + Sizewell C gets go-ahead

Jul 31, 2025 30m

Nuclear energy lawyer Vince Zabielski, partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, has advised on numerous nuclear energy projects across the world, including the UAE nuclear new-build programme as…

The World Bank can now support nuclear energy

Jun 28, 2025 24m

The World Bank has announced that it is no longer going to be excluding nuclear energy-related projects from its lending criteria. In this episode you can hear how World Bank Group President Ajay…

The inaugural World Nuclear Supply Chain conference

Jun 18, 2025 40m

There are big expectations for large-scale growth in nuclear energy capacity over the coming years.  That's good news for established technology providers and their partners. But new capacity in new…

Trump executive orders aim to quadruple US nuclear energy capacity

May 29, 2025 22m

US President Donald Trump has signed a series of executive orders titled Reinvigorating the Nuclear Industrial Base, Reforming Nuclear Reactor Testing at the Department of Energy and Ordering the…

What is needed for nuclear fuel cycle to meet future rising demand?

May 06, 2025 22m Transcript

In the second of a two-part special report from the World Nuclear Fuel Cycle 2025 conference held in Canada, Claire Maden reports on the opportunities and challenges facing players across the entire…

Can nuclear fuel cycle meet future rising demand?

Apr 23, 2025 17m

In the first of a two-part special report from the World Nuclear Fuel Cycle 2025 conference held this month in Canada, Claire Maden reports on the opportunities and challenges facing players across…

Bruce Power's James Scongack on nuclear's life-saving medical isotopes

Mar 25, 2025 34m

Bruce Power's Chief Operating Officer James Scongack is Chairman of the Canadian Nuclear Isotope Council and, as he explains, the country aims to play a leadership role in nuclear medicine, not just…

India's plans for rapid nuclear energy expansion

Feb 27, 2025 32m

There have been a raft of announcements from India in February relating to new nuclear energy capacity. Retired diplomat, author and distinguished fellow of the Vivekananda International Foundation,…

The international forum helping make advanced reactors a reality

Jan 29, 2025 29m

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. In…

What were the big nuclear energy stories of 2024? What to watch out for in 2025...

Dec 23, 2024 38m

The World Nuclear News team looks back over the most read articles in 2024 - with topics including tech giants turning to nuclear energy for data centres, nuclear battery innovations, the uranium…

What happened with nuclear energy at COP29?

Nov 29, 2024 34m

The COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, was the latest global gathering aiming to agree measures to tackle climate change. Jonathan Cobb, senior programme lead, climate, at World Nuclear…

What next for the UK's record-breaking Heysham 2 nuclear power plant?

Nov 11, 2024 22m

Martin Cheetham is the station director of the EDF-run Heysham 2 nuclear power plant on the Lancashire coast in northwest England. It has two advanced gas-cooled reactors which were first connected…

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