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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
Thursday, November 11, 2021|10:10AM–12:10PM EST
Session Chair:
Robertas Alzbutas (Lithuanian Energy Institute)
Alternate Chair:
Robert Budnitz (Lawrence Berkeley Lab (ret))
Session Organizer:
Session Producer:
John Greenwood
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Screening Process for Individual and Correlated External Hazards - Application on the 1300MWe French Series
10:10–10:40AM EST
Jeremy Gaudron (EDF), Cécile Luzoir (EDF), Yannick Lefebvre (EDF), Hugo Jadot (EDF)
Paper
Probabilistic Framework for Description of Radioiodine Behavior at Fukushima Accidents
10:40–11:10AM EST
Adolf Rydl (INSET)
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Analysis of Criteria Applicable to the Screening Approach Used in PSA for External Events
11:10–11:40AM EST
Thiago Padilha da Silva (Navy Technological Center in São Paulo), Marcos Coelho Maturana (Navy Technological Center in São Paulo), Miguel Mattar Neto (Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares), Patricia da Silva Pagetti de Oliveira (Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares)
Implementation of Methodology for Maintenance-Induced Internal Floods
11:40AM–12:10PM EST
Robert J. Wolfgang (Jensen Hughes), Samuel Falvo (Jensen Hughes)
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