A new survey has shown that more than half of the Swiss population supports the government's plan to remove the country's ban on the construction of new nuclear power plants.

A group of 14 global financial institutions have expressed their support for the call to action to triple nuclear energy capacity by 2050.

Ten industry associations have issued a communiqué calling on all OECD member states to set out clear plans for nuclear energy deployment. The document was released during the first day of the second Roadmaps to New Nuclear conference in Paris, organised by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency.

The urgency of the demand for new nuclear capacity means that leadership will need to embrace change and look outside the sector for ideas and personnel, an IAEA General Conference panel discussion heard.

The International Atomic Energy Agency has raised its forecast of nuclear energy capacity growth, with its high case scenario projecting a 2.5-times increase from 372 GWe in 2023 to 950 GWe by 2050.

Artificial intelligence, large industrial energy intensive users, and electrification are driving a new market dynamic for more power - and it must also be clean, dependable and affordable. Panellists at World Nuclear Symposium 2024 looked at new business models that can help nuclear to meet new types of end-user needs.

The Swedish government is proposing investments of over SEK1 billion (USD97 million) in 2025 to expand fossil-free electricity production. This includes an expanded investment in pilot and demonstration projects in the area of nuclear power and in streamlining the permitting process for new reactors.

A robust supply chain is needed to enable new reactors to be built on time, on budget and at the scale needed to meet decarbonisation goals - and major players in the nuclear engineering, procurement and construction sector shared some of the experiences and lessons learned from projects both nuclear and non-nuclear at World Nuclear Symposium 2024.