About this podcast
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.
Episodes
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- The challenge of getting uranium from seawater · 31 min · Episode 63There's enough uranium in the world's oceans to power our current energy needs for hundreds of thousands of years. The challenge is finding a way to extract it at a cost that…
- Highlights from the 2026 World Nuclear Symposium · 39 min · Episode 62More 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…
- Norman Foster's symposium speech putting case for nuclear · 15 min · Episode 61In 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…
- A new record year for nuclear energy, are tripling capacity plans on track? · 27 min · Episode 60Nuclear 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…
- UxC's Anna Bryndza on uranium price reporting · 29 min · Episode 59Anna Bryndza is Executive Vice President for International at nuclear industry market research and analysis company UxC, which plays a key role in the nuclear fuel cycle via its…
- The first World Nuclear Investment Guide unveiled · 27 min · Episode 58The inaugural World Nuclear Investment Guide aims to set out how governments, industry and financial institutions can create the conditions for the huge scale of investment…
- The US's historic Hanford site, and accelerated decommissioning · 38 min · Episode 57The Hanford site in the US has a history dating back to the 1940s when it was established as part of the Manhattan Project. Plutonium was produced at the site, with the last…
- Urenco scaling up capacity to meet rising nuclear fuel demand · 30 min · Episode 56Urenco's chief commercial officer Laurent Odeh joins us and outlines how the leading uranium enrichment company is expanding its operations in the US, the Netherlands and Germany…
- Sustainability and the UK's low level waste repository · 38 min · Episode 55The UK’s Low Level Waste Repository in Cumbria in the North West of England has been operating for nearly seven decades, so probably for longer than any other such facility…
- Will Spain rethink nuclear energy phase-out plan? · 22 min · Episode 54A decision is expected later this year by the Spanish government on whether to award a three-year reprieve to Almaraz nuclear power plant's units 1 and 2. They are currently…
- China's nuclear energy ambitions · 49 min · Episode 53China has been racing ahead in terms of new nuclear capacity and new nuclear developments in recent years, and there are big plans ahead, most recently set out in the country's…
- What should be the target time to build a new nuclear plant? · 36 min · Episode 52How 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…
- What were the big nuclear energy stories of 2025? What to watch out for in 2026... · 47 min · Episode 51The 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…
- What happened with nuclear energy at COP30? Plus Myriad Uranium's Thomas Lamb · 30 min · Episode 50Nuclear 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…
- Johan Svenningsson on Sweden's ‘Nuclear 2.0’, and his World Nuclear Association role · 24 min · Episode 49Johan 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…
- Financing new nuclear energy projects · 44 min · Episode 48If 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…
- World Nuclear Fuel Report and World Nuclear Symposium · 42 min · Episode 47More 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…
- Nuclear energy sets new record for electricity generation · 25 min · Episode 46Nuclear 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…
- Interviews: Amentum's Andy White plus GLE's Nima Ashkeboussi · 33 min · Episode 45Andy 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…
- Energy lawyer Vince Zabielski + Sizewell C gets go-ahead · 30 min · Episode 44Nuclear energy lawyer Vince Zabielski, partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, has advised on numerous nuclear energy projects across the world, including the UAE nuclear…
