IAEA and World Nuclear Association formalise cooperation (20 September 2017)
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and World Nuclear Association have agreed formalised practical arrangements for cooperation between them on nuclear energy, nuclear power plant life cycle and the fuel cycle.
Call for action on nuclear energy (14 September 2017)
World Nuclear Association Director General Agneta Rising today called on governments, expert bodies and the nuclear industry to do more to ensure that nuclear energy can make the full contribution that society requires to meet its future clean energy needs.
Nuclear energy is better than blackouts – Taiwan’s lesson for South Korea (23 August 2017)
On 16 August half of Taiwan was affected by a blackout – some 6.6 million households and businesses – after an unplanned shutdown at a gas plant took the country’s fragile electricity system over the edge. Yet the government is standing by its policy of phasing out nuclear by 2025 and using existing reactors as little as possible.
New report: Nuclear reactor performance improves, but more new build required (28 June 2017)
More than 9 GWe of new nuclear capacity came online in 2016, the largest annual increase for over 25 years and global nuclear generation rose for the fourth successive year. However, if nuclear is going to make a full contribution to future clean electricity supply, action is needed in three key areas: establishing a level playing field in electricity markets; building harmonized regulatory processes; and creating an effective safety paradigm.
These are the conclusions of the World Nuclear Performance Report 2017, which is published today.
IEA calls for clear support for nuclear (6 June 2017)
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has called for nuclear energy to receive “clear and consistent policy support for existing and new capacity, including clean energy incentive schemes for development of nuclear alongside other clean forms of energy.”