Panelists in a session at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2025 in Davos acknowledged the challenge of meeting the target of tripling nuclear capacity by 2050 but highlighted progress made with regards to the supply chain and financing in achieving this.

With nuclear power generation set to reach a record level in 2025, a new report from the International Energy Agency says costs, schedules and financing of nuclear projects need to be overcome for nuclear to play an important role in the future energy landscape.

Changes to the proposed final rules for US tax credits to support clean hydrogen production mean that existing nuclear power plants will now be eligible.

The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation and government-owned diversified energy group ADNOC are to evaluate the deployment of advanced nuclear technology such as small modular reactors to support the UAE's energy diversification strategy, and will look into using excess heat from the Barakah nuclear power plant in ADNOC's oil and gas operations.

China's Haiyang nuclear power plant in Shandong province has begun its sixth heating season, covering an area of nearly 13 million square metres - 500,000 square metres more than last year.

Small modular reactors could play an important role and contribute to the Dutch energy transition, a joint report by NRG-Pallas and TNO concludes. The study shows that there is room for more than 13 SMRs in 2050.

At the COP29 UN climate change conference taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan, six more countries - El Salvador, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Nigeria and Turkey - have added their support for the tripling of global nuclear energy capacity by 2050.

As the US Administration unveils its roadmap for the deployment of 200 GW of nuclear capacity by 2050, the White House's Senior Advisor to the President for International Climate Policy, John Podesta, says US momentum for the clean energy transition - including new nuclear - is not going to be reversed.

More than half of the respondents to a US survey believe nuclear energy is an essential part of the solution to climate disruption and energy security. The ecoAmerica Climate Perspectives Survey, from the Anthropocene Institute, has seen US citizens' concerns about nuclear energy decrease over its seven-year series.

Nuclear will play an important role in the UK achieving a clean power system by 2030 and beyond with life extensions for the current fleet and a new generation of nuclear plants, according to independent energy system planner and operator, the National Energy System Operator (NESO).

The American Bureau of Shipping has released its latest report into the potential of advanced nuclear technology for maritime applications, with a study of a small modular reactor on a standard liquefied natural gas carrier.

Nuclear Transport Solutions' Pacific Grebe - a purpose-built diesel-powered ship designed to safely carry nuclear cargos around the world - has been fitted with revolutionary new sail technology. The ship has left its home port of Barrow-in-Furness and will be running sea trials this month.