Supercritical Materials has an exclusive licence from the US Department of Energy for a patented system to extract uranium from the world's oceans. Founder and CEO Canon Bryan outlined the company's plans to the World Nuclear News podcast.
 

ASEAN's rising electricity demand and decarbonisation goals are driving interest in small modular reactors, but fragmented national regulatory frameworks, limited expertise and financing uncertainty could delay their deployment, write Ming Tan and Stephanie Liaw of engineering, management and development consultancy Mott MacDonald.
 

More than 1,300 people from 65 countries gathered in London in September for the 2026 World Nuclear Symposium. The World Nuclear News team was there and bring you reports from a range of the discussions and speeches which took place.
 

Internationally-renowned architect Lord Norman Foster was one of the key speakers at World Nuclear Symposium in London. In his speech he said 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".
 

The World Nuclear Outlook Report outlines a record year for nuclear energy generation in 2025, highlights where that growth is coming from, assesses the progress towards ambitious future capacity goals, and also makes policy recommendations to help achieve them. Its author, Jonathan Cobb, joined the World Nuclear News podcast to discuss its findings in depth.
 

The prospect of fusion power plants is coming closer. But what are the lessons fusion can learn from nuclear fission in areas such as regulation, planning, public approval and finance? Ahead of the UK Fusion Forum, Tris Denton, UK Director of the Fusion Industry Association, considers the issues.
 

Anna Bryndza, Executive Vice President for International at nuclear industry market research and analysis company UxC, talked to World Nuclear News about the key role the company's work reporting prices for uranium has in the world nuclear fuel cycle, and why we need to listen to market signals - as well as learn from past experience - to make sure new fuel cycle capacity is in place when it's needed.
 

Leaders from the nuclear and finance sectors came together to help put together the inaugural World Nuclear Investment Guide. The goal is to demystify nuclear energy and make it seen as "just another infrastructure class".
 

This year the International Atomic Energy Agency's Symposium on International Safeguards will have its own dedicated evening to showcase how the nuclear industry works with IAEA Safeguards. There will also be a training day on the application of safeguards to new nuclear reactor designs and technologies, writes Kristine Madden, IAEA Safeguards Evaluator.