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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.
Plenary Session
Saturday, April 6, 2024|8:00–9:50AM EDT|Eric J. Barron Innovation Hub Room 603
Session Chair:
Martin Nieto-Perez (Penn State University)
Speakers
Dr. Martin Nieto-PerezAssociate Teaching ProfessorKen and Mary Alice Department of Nuclear Engineering
Dr. Arturo DominguezHead of Science EducationPrinceton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Dr. Lane CarasikAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Mechanical and Nuclear EngineeringVirginia Commonwealth University
Dr. Lauren Garrison Senior Materials Scientist Commonwealth Fusion Systems
Over the past decade, there has been growing interest in fusion energy research from private companies in a push to commercialize the technology. These private companies are increasingly supplementing university and national laboratory research to help realize fusion's potential as a clean and abundant energy source in the future. It can be argued that this is one of the most exciting times to be involved in fusion energy research as a result! Please join our plenary panelists as they provide an overview of the contributions that private companies, government labs, and academic institutions are making toward fusion energy research. They will also discuss as areas of collaboration between private companies, governments, and academia, all in the pursuit of the state of fusion!
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