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      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.

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      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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Position Statements

The American Nuclear Society provides statements which reflect the Society's perspectives on issues of public interest that involve various aspects of nuclear science and technology. Position statements are prepared by key members whose relevant experience or publications inform the documents and then the documents are reviewed by ANS committees and divisions. The final position statements are approved by the Board of Directors.

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Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Reactors — ANS-13-2025

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Education, Training, and Workforce Development for Nuclear Science, Engineering, and Technology — ANS-85-2024

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Price-Anderson Act — ANS-54-2024

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Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion Systems — ANS-40-2024

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Fusion Energy — ANS-12-2024

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Safeguards and Security for Advanced Reactors Using HALEU — ANS-84-2023

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Nonproliferation — ANS-55-2023

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Clearance of Solid Materials from Nuclear Facilities — ANS-50-2023

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Management of the Nation's Used Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Waste — ANS-3-2023

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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission — ANS-77-2022

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The Use of Highly Enriched Uranium for the Production of Medical Isotopes — ANS-72-2022

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Nuclear Energy's Role in Climate Change Policy — ANS-44-2022

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Advanced Reactors — ANS-35-2022

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Domestic Production of Stable and Radioactive Isotopes — ANS-30-2022

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Assuring U.S. Global Nuclear Leadership — ANS-83-2021

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Safety of Nuclear Power — ANS-51-2021

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Transportation of Radioactive Materials — ANS-18-2021

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The Use of Thorium as Nuclear Fuel — ANS-78-2020

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Disposition of Surplus Weapons Plutonium — ANS-47-2020

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Health Effects of Low-Level Radiation — ANS-41-2020

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Small Modular Reactors — ANS-25-2020

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Nuclear Technology's Critical Role In The World's Future Energy Supply — ANS-43-2019

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Diversity in the Nuclear Profession — ANS-66-2018

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Licensing of Yucca Mountain as a Geological Repository for Radioactive Wastes — ANS-80-2017

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Interim Storage of Used or Spent Nuclear Fuel — ANS-76-2017

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Risk-Informed and Performance-Based Regulations for Nuclear Power Plants — ANS-46-2017

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U.S. Commercial Nuclear Power Plants: A Vital National Asset — ANS-26-2017

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Disposal of Low-Level Radioactive Waste — ANS-11-2017

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Nuclear Engineering Licensure — ANS-61-2016

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Creation of an Independent Entity to Manage U.S. Used Nuclear Fuel — ANS-22-2015

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Nuclear Fuel Recycling — ANS-45-2014

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