World Nuclear News Podcast
1) What should be the target time to build a new nuclear plant?
How long should it take from signing a contract to first concrete, to completion, for a new nuclear power plant? And what needs to be done to ensure the funding can be unlocked for new units? Those ar...Show More
2) What were the big nuclear energy stories of 2025? What to watch out for in 2026...
The World Nuclear News team looks back over the most read articles in 2025 - with topics including Canada's ground-breaking SMR project, the 50th World Nuclear Symposium, the eventual signing of a con...Show More
What were the big nuclear energy stories of 2025? What to watch out for in 2026...
47:28 | Dec 23rd, 2025
3) What happened with nuclear energy at COP30? Plus Myriad Uranium's Thomas Lamb
Nuclear energy is now widely seen as one part of the solution to reducing carbon emissions. But how much of a profile did it get at COP30 - the 30th UN Climate Change Conference, held in Belém, Brazil...Show More
What happened with nuclear energy at COP30? Plus Myriad Uranium's Thomas Lamb
30:01 | Dec 12th, 2025
4) Johan Svenningsson on Sweden's ‘Nuclear 2.0’, and his World Nuclear Association role
Johan Svenningsson is Country Chairman and CEO of Uniper Sweden as well as being vice chairman and chairman-elect of World Nuclear Association. In this edition, Svenningsson talks about what has been ...Show More
5) Financing new nuclear energy projects
If global nuclear energy capacity is to at least triple by 2050 it is going to need huge, huge investment - estimates suggest $250billion a year for 25 years. So how will it be financed and what are t...Show More
6) World Nuclear Fuel Report and World Nuclear Symposium
More than 1,100 people gathered in London for the 50th World Nuclear Symposium, taking part in a packed programme of discussions, panels and networking. In addition to the usual broad range of topics ...Show More
7) Nuclear energy sets new record for electricity generation
Nuclear reactors worldwide generated 2667 TWh of electricity in 2024, beating the previous record high of 2660 TWh which was set back in 2006, according to World Nuclear Performance Report 2025. In t...Show More
8) Interviews: Amentum's Andy White plus GLE's Nima Ashkeboussi
Andy White, senior vice president of Energy and Environment International for Amentum, talks about his background and the work Amentum is doing in the UK and across Europe in the nuclear sector. Among...Show More
9) Energy lawyer Vince Zabielski + Sizewell C gets go-ahead
Nuclear energy lawyer Vince Zabielski, partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, has advised on numerous nuclear energy projects across the world, including the UAE nuclear new-build programme as we...Show More
10) The World Bank can now support nuclear energy
The World Bank has announced that it is no longer going to be excluding nuclear energy-related projects from its lending criteria. In this episode you can hear how World Bank Group President Ajay Bang...Show More