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The vital importance of nuclear technologies was a focus of attention at a UN-organized side event held today as part of the COP 25 climate change conference in Madrid.

This Expanded Summary will provide readers with explanations of what factors are affecting the growth of nuclear power, what new concepts were introduced in the 19th edition, and what developments the industry may require between now and 2040.

The vital importance of nuclear technologies was a focus of attention at a UN-organized side event held today as part of the COP 25 climate change conference in Madrid.

The World Nuclear Association Secretariat is headed by our Director General, Sama Bilbao y León, since 19 October 2020.

​The European Parliament has urged European Union (EU) leaders to extend the sanctions introduced as a result of the war with Ukraine to include nuclear energy.

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. 

IAEA's Rafael Mariano Grossi said he is "absolutely confident" that "some arrangement" will be made to accept nuclear energy in the EU's taxonomy

Burning coal without adding to global carbon dioxide levels is a major technological challenge. The greatest challenge is bringing the cost of capture and storage technology down sufficiently for 'clean coal' to compete with nuclear power.

Ukraine's SNRIU says that an IAEA inspection mission should not take place until the six-reactor nuclear power plant is no longer under Russian control.

The Fukushima Daiichi reactors are GE boiling water reactors (BWR) of an early (1960s) design supplied by GE, Toshiba and Hitachi, with what is known as a Mark I containment.