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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.
18th International Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis (PSA 2023)
Technical Session|PSA Analyses: Methods and Applications
Thursday, July 20, 2023|8:00–9:30AM EDT|300A
Session Chair:
Michelle Bensi (University of Maryland)
Alternate Chair:
Michael D. Muhlheim
Session Organizer:
Askin Guler Yigitoglu (ORNL)
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Probabilistic Risk Assessment of a Light-Water Reactor Coupled with a High-Temperature Electrolysis Hydrogen Production Plant
8:00–8:25AM EDT
Robby Christian (INL), Courtney Otani (INL), Kurt Vedros (INL), Austin M. Glover (Sandia)
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Risk-Informed Design Process of Emergency Core Cooling System in the Floating Nuclear Power Plants
8:25–8:50AM EDT
Changhong Peng (Univ. Science and Technology of China), Xinyan Xu (Univ. Science and Technology of China), Lanxin Gong (Univ. Science and Technology of China)
PACE Level 3 PSA Code -- Developments to Account for Radiosensitivity Dependence on Age and Sex of Health Effects and Impact of High Spatial and Temporal Resolution Population Estimates
8:50–9:15AM EDT
Thomas Charnock (United Kingdom Health Security Agency), Kelly Jones (United Kingdom Health Security Agency), Antony Bexon (United Kingdom Health Security Agency)
Application of Probabilistic Safety Assessment Within an Integrated Safety Approach for Re-Design of the Nuclear Island During Post-Operational Phase
9:15–9:40AM EDT
Filip Van Opstal (Tractebel ENGIE), Federico Agosti (Tractebel ENGIE)
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