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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
Tuesday, September 27, 2022|3:50–5:55PM PDT|Harbor
Session Chair:
Carmen Jacobs (South African Nuclear Energy Corporation)
Alternate Chair:
Robert E. Grove (ORNL)
Session Organizer:
Thomas M. Miller (ORNL)
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Proposal of New Structure for Duct Shielding in Radiation Therapy Room
3:50–4:15PM PDT
Sangrok Kim (Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences), Gisub Kim (Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences)
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On Publication of "A Handbook of Radiation Shielding" Supervised by the Shielding Research Committee of Atomic Energy Society of Japan
4:15–4:40PM PDT
Yoshihiro Hirao (National Maritime Research Institute), Yoshitomo Uwamino (Institute of Physical and Chemical Research)
Radiation Shielding for the Transportation of Radioactive Lutetium-177
4:40–5:05PM PDT
C. Jacobs (South African Nuclear Energy Corp.), E.M. Chinaka (South African Nuclear Energy Corp.), L. Bedhesi (South African Nuclear Energy Corp.)
MCNP Analysis for Dose Rate Measurements on Radioactive Waste Transportation Ship
5:05–5:30PM PDT
Kaori Yamagata (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries), Masashi Osaki (MHI NS Engineering Co.), Yu Sugimoto (MHI NS Engineering Co.)
Shielding Calculation of the Low- and Intermediate-Level Radioactive Waste Drum from a Nuclear Reactor Using Monte Carlo Codes
5:30–5:55PM PDT
Wenxuan Wang (Harbin Turbine Co.), Luis Fernando Salas-Tapia (Harbin Engineering Univ.), Xiang Wang (Harbin Engineering Univ.), Tian Zhang (Harbin Engineering Univ.)
Presentation Video (Visible to Attendees) — Presentation 39173
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