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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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Sweeney B|Session Chair: Andrew Zillmer
Tuesday, May 7, 2024|10:00–11:40AM MDT
Panel|Sweeney F|Session Chair: Lindsay Kaldon
Tuesday, May 7, 2024|1:00–2:40PM MDT
Sweeney B|Session Chair: N. Dianne B. Ezell
Tuesday, May 7, 2024|3:15–4:55PM MDT
Sweeney B|Session Chair: Michael C. Miller
Wednesday, May 8, 2024|10:00–11:40AM MDT
Sweeney B|Session Chair: Randy Bell
Wednesday, May 8, 2024|1:00–2:40PM MDT
Sweeney B|Session Chair: Mikaela Blood
Wednesday, May 8, 2024|3:15–4:55PM MDT
Sweeney B|Session Chair: Scott Wilson
Thursday, May 9, 2024|10:00–11:40AM MDT
Panel|Sweeney F|Session Chair: Timothy Reuter
Sweeney B|Session Chair: Aditya Shivprasad
Thursday, May 9, 2024|1:00–2:40PM MDT
Sweeney B|Session Chair: Georgette Alexander-Morrison
Thursday, May 9, 2024|3:15–4:55PM MDT
Coronado/DeVargas|Session Chair: Christopher (Britton) Reynolds
Sweeney B|Session Chair: Minghui Chen
Coronado/DeVargas|Session Chair: Erofil Kardoulaki
Panel|Sweeney F|Session Chairs: Lee S. Mason, Mohamed El-Genk
Coronado/DeVargas|Session Chair: Lindsey Holmes
Panel|Sweeney F|Session Chair: Kate Kelly
Coronado/DeVargas|Session Chair: Katey Lenox
Coronado/DeVargas|Session Chair: Timothy Schriener
Coronado/DeVargas|Session Chair: Mikaela Blood
Coronado/DeVargas|Cosponsored by Radioisotope Power Systems|Session Chair: Stacey L. Eaton
Coronado/DeVargas|Session Chair: Doug Burns
Sweeney CDE|Session Chair: Holly R. Trellue
Thursday, May 9, 2024|11:40AM–1:00PM MDT
Sweeney A|Session Chair: Nick R. Wozniak
Panel|Sweeney F|Session Chair: Harsh Desai
Sweeney A|Session Chair: Stacey L. Eaton
Sweeney A|Session Chair: Gabrielle Lee
Sweeney A|Session Chair: Jake R. Matthews
Sweeney A|Session Chair: Elizabeth Bluhm
Sweeney A|Session Chair: Duane Barber
Sweeney A|Session Chair: Nick Wozniak
Sweeney A|Session Chair: Roberta Mulford
Coronado/DeVargas|Sponsored by Nuclear Thermal Propulsion|Cosponsored by Radioisotope Power Systems|Session Chair: Stacey L. Eaton
Sweeney A|Session Chair: Tim Tinsley
