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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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IAEA again raises global nuclear power projections
Noting recent momentum behind nuclear power, the International Atomic Energy Agency has revised up its projections for the expansion of nuclear power, estimating that global nuclear operational capacity will more than double by 2050—reaching 2.6 times the 2024 level—with small modular reactors expected to play a pivotal role in this high-case scenario.
IAEA director general Rafael Mariano Grossi announced the new projections, contained in the annual report Energy, Electricity, and Nuclear Power Estimates for the Period up to 2050 at the 69th IAEA General Conference in Vienna.
In the report’s high-case scenario, nuclear electrical generating capacity is projected to increase to from 377 GW at the end of 2024 to 992 GW by 2050. In a low-case scenario, capacity rises 50 percent, compared with 2024, to 561 GW. SMRs are projected to account for 24 percent of the new capacity added in the high case and for 5 percent in the low case.
Technical Session|Sponsored by NISD|Cosponsored by RPSD
Tuesday, June 18, 2024|10:00–11:45AM PDT|Banyan C
Session Chair:
Yunfei Zhao (UMD)
Session Organizers:
Mihai A. Diaconeasa (NCSU)
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Aircraft Accident Analysis Using FAA Flight Track Data
10:00–10:20AM PDT
Mark Joseph (Navarro Research & Engineering), William Studniarz (Project Enhancement Corp.), Luis Jovel (Project Enhancement Corp.), Nancy Fujikado (LANL)
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Causality Extraction from Nuclear Licensee Event Reports Using a Hybrid Framework
10:20–10:40AM PDT
Shahidur Rahoman Sohag (Univ. Idaho), Sai Zhang (INL), Min Xian (Univ. Idaho), Shoukun Sun (Univ. Idaho), Fei Xu (INL), Zhegang Ma (INL)
Postulating Transient Events for Molten Chloride Fast Reactors (MCFRs) with Application for Integrated Energy Systems (IESs)
10:40–11:00AM PDT
Emily V. Meilus (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Nicholas R. Brown (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Safety Considerations for Advanced Material Irradiation at the Advanced Test Reactor
11:00–11:10AM PDT
Daniel K. Sluder (INL), R. Duane Ball (INL), Nate S. Oldham (INL), Jacob L. Westacott (INL)
Determination of Highest Radiation Exposure Work in Korean Pressurized Water Reactors by the Dose Normalization
11:10–11:20AM PDT
Changju Song (Chosun Univ.), Tae Young Kong (Chosun Univ.), Seungho Jo (Chosun Univ.), Jaeok Park (Chosun Univ.)
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