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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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10:10AM–12:10PM EST
Session Chair: Man Cheol Kim|Alternate Chair: Xiaoyu Zheng
Session Chair: Mohammad Modarres|Alternate Chair: David Grabaskas
Session Chair: Luca Podofillini|Alternate Chair: Gopika Vinod
12:40–2:40PM EST
Session Chair: Enrique Melendez Asensio|Alternate Chair: Tunc Aldemir
Session Chair: George Apostolakis|Alternate Chair: Fernando Ferrante
Session Chair: David Grabaskas|Alternate Chair: Mohammad Modarres
2:50–4:50PM EST
Session Chair: Matt Degonish|Alternate Chair: Yunfei Zhao
Session Chair: Enrique Droguet|Alternate Chair: Sai Zhang
Session Chair: Robert Budnitz|Alternate Chair: Mihai Diaconeasa
Session Chair: Stephen Unwin|Alternate Chair: David Grabaskas
Session Chair: Vinh Dang|Alternate Chair: Enrique Melendez Asensio
Session Chair: Andrea Maioli|Alternate Chair: Michelle (Shelby) Bensi
Session Chair: Michelle (Shelby) Bensi|Alternate Chair: Fernando Ferrante
Session Chair: Hyun Gook Kang|Alternate Chair: Askin Guler Yigitoglu
Session Chair: Robert Budnitz|Alternate Chair: Sai Zhang
8:00–10:00AM EST
Session Chair: Enrique Melendez Asensio|Alternate Chair: Man Cheol Kim
Session Chair: Mohammad Modarres|Alternate Chair: Hyun Gook Kang
Session Chair: Fernando Ferrante|Alternate Chair: Mihai Diaconeasa
Session Chair: Hyun Gook Kang|Alternate Chair: Xiaoxu Diao
Session Chair: Jin Kyun Park|Alternate Chair: Vinh Dang
Session Chair: Douglas Osborn|Alternate Chair: Vaibhav Yadav
Session Chair: Michael Muhlheim|Alternate Chair: Alex Huning
Session Chair: Sai Zhang|Alternate Chair: Richard Denning
Session Chair: Fernando Ferrante|Alternate Chair: Michelle (Shelby) Bensi
Panel
Session Chair: Kevin R. O'Kula|Alternate Chair: Carol S. Smidts
Session Chair: Mohammad Modarres|Alternate Chair: Carol S. Smidts
Session Chair: Robertas Alzbutas|Alternate Chair: Robert Budnitz
Session Chair: Tatsuya Sakurahara|Alternate Chair: Man Cheol Kim
Session Chair: Michelle Bensi|Alternate Chair: Carol S. Smidts
Session Chair: Jeffrey Julius|Alternate Chair: James Chang
Session Chair: Matt Degonish|Alternate Chair: Robertas Alzbutas
Session Chair: Katrina Groth|Alternate Chair: Xiaoxu Diao
Session Chair: Michelle (Shelby) Bensi|Alternate Chair: Andrea Maioli
Session Chair: Gabriel Georgescu|Alternate Chair: Yunfei Zhao
Session Chair: James Chang|Alternate Chair: Jeffrey Julius
Session Chair: Hyun Gook Kang|Alternate Chair: Andrea Maioli
Session Chair: Richard S. Denning|Alternate Chair: Jeff Gabor
Session Chair: Vaibhav Yadav|Alternate Chair: Douglas Osborn
