World Nuclear News

About World Nuclear News

Bringing you the news from the worldwide nuclear energy sector, interviews with key players and easy-to-follow guides to the nuclear essentials each month. The World Nuclear News team has been reporting about nuclear power since 2007 at: https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/ WNN is supported by the World Nuclear Association and draws on its global network of contacts across the industry, academia and international agencies.

Publisher

World Nuclear News

Category

news · news · science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 May 2022

Latest episode

9 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

62 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   9 Oct 2026

   Highlights from the 2026 World Nuclear Symposium

   More than 1,300 people from 65 countries gathered in London for the 2026 World Nuclear Symposium. There was a packed programme of discussions, panels and networking, as well as a one-day summit focused on financing nuclear. The World Nuclear News team were there and have put together a report on the symposium's proceedings. People featured, in order of appearance: Sama Bilbao y León, Director General, World Nuclear AssociationMark Muldowney, MD, Energy, Resources and Infrastructure, BNP Parib...

2. 

   18 Sept 2026

   Norman Foster's symposium speech putting case for nuclear

   In this bonus episode, hear the full speech at World Nuclear Symposium in London from internationally renowned architect Lord Norman Foster. In it he says that nuclear's ability to provide a "vast amount of power" with "a tiny imprint" means that micro-modular power units should be being produced at "industrial-scale, like jet engines" with the potential to autonomously power new developments and move beyond the "obsolete idea of a grid". Speaking without notes, the 91-year-old multi-aw...

3. 

   7 Sept 2026

   A new record year for nuclear energy, are tripling capacity plans on track?

   Nuclear reactors worldwide generated 2702 TWh of electricity in 2025, beating the previous year's record of 2667 TWh, according to the newly published World Nuclear Outlook Report. The report also calculates that if all national targets for new nuclear capacity were achieved, total nuclear energy capacity would more than meet the widely-shared goal to at least triple nuclear capacity by 2050. The author of the World Nuclear Association report, Jonathan Cobb, who is senior programme lea...

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

12 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

19 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 59 / 100

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59

Social presence

0

YouTube

64

Engagement

85

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