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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.
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3:15–5:15PM CDT
Chicago Ballroom G
Session Chair: Stephanie L. Morrow|Alternate Chair: Jari O. Laarni
Panel|Clark
Session Chair: N. Dianne B. Ezell|Alternate Chair: Pattrick Calderoni
Chicago Ballroom E
Session Chair: Brendan Kochunas|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Chicago Ballroom F
Session Chair: Stylianos Chatzidakis|Alternate Chair: Fan Zhang
Chicago Ballroom H
Session Chair: Espen Nystad|Alternate Chair: Anna Hall
Miami/Scottsdale
Session Chair: Xingang Zhao|Alternate Chair: Syed Bahauddin Alam
10:00–11:45AM CDT
Session Chair: Anna Hall|Alternate Chair: Jari O. Laarni
Session Chair: Jamie B. Coble|Alternate Chair: Xingang Zhao
Session Chair: Matthew L. Dennis|Alternate Chair: Stephanie L. Morrow
Session Chair: Pradeep Ramuhalli|Alternate Chair: Brendan M. Kochunas
Session Chair: Christianna Howard|Alternate Chair: Pareez Golub
Session Chair: Stylianos Chatzidakis|Alternate Chair: Konstantinos Gkouliaras
1:00–2:45PM CDT
Session Chair: Jason Castro|Alternate Chair: Syed Bahauddin Alam
Session Chair: Dinesh Taneja|Alternate Chair: Andrew M. Nack
Session Chair: Rodney Busquim e Silva|Alternate Chair: Fan Zhang
Session Chair: Forrest Shriver|Alternate Chair: Yunfei Zhao
Session Chair: Fan Zhang|Alternate Chair: Antonio Di Buono
Session Chair: Vivek Agarwal|Alternate Chair: Syed Bahauddin Alam
Session Chair: Sajedul Talukder|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Antonio Di Buono|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Casey R. Kovesdi|Alternate Chair: Niav M. Hughes Green
Session Chair: Nelly Ngoy Kubelwa|Alternate Chair: Yun Goo Kim
Session Chair: Man Gyun Na|Alternate Chair: Johannes Pickelmann
Session Chair: David Allison|Alternate Chair: Fan Zhang
Kane
Session Chair: Edward L. Quinn|Alternate Chair: Ian Jung
Session Chair: Niav M. Hughes Green|Alternate Chair: Casey R. Kovesdi
Session Chair: Rodney Busquim e Silva|Alternate Chair: Xingang Zhao
Session Chair: Hyun Gook Kang|Alternate Chair: Carol S. Smidts
Session Chair: Jamie B. Coble|Alternate Chair: Vivek Agarwal
Session Chair: Angela Di Fulvio|Alternate Chair: Shoaib Usman
Session Chair: Sajedul Talukder|Alternate Chair: Syed Bahauddin Alam
Session Chair: Fan Zhang|Alternate Chair: Stylianos Chatzidakis
Session Chair: Diego Mandelli|Alternate Chair: Jonghyun Kim
Session Chair: Syed Bahauddin Alam|Alternate Chair: Jamie Coble
Session Chair: Michael T. Rowland|Alternate Chair: Joseph Oncken
Session Chair: Magnhild Kaarstad|Alternate Chair: Espen Nystad
Session Chair: Hyun Gook Kang|Alternate Chair: Syed Bahauddin Alam
Session Chair: Ge Yang|Alternate Chair: Shoaib Usman
Session Chair: N. Dianne B. Ezell|Alternate Chair: Hyun Gook Kang
Session Chair: Jamie B. Coble|Alternate Chair: Stylianos Chatzidakis
Session Chair: Carol S. Smidts|Alternate Chair: Stylianos Chatzidakis
Session Chair: Samir Darbali|Alternate Chair: Pareez Golub
