A finance-focused edition examines the significance of the declaration of support by 14 international banks for the goal of tripling nuclear capacity - and also hears from some of the key decision-makers about the challenges for private finance in new nuclear, and their ideas for smoothing that path.

The nuclear supply chain will need to expand and innovate in order to facilitate the tripling of nuclear capacity by 2050, panellists agreed during a session at World Nuclear Symposium 2024. However, they said an environment needs to be created where companies are confident about investing in the sector.

World Nuclear Association Director General Sama Bilbao y León says the annual gathering of the nuclear sector showed the clear opportunities for the industry.

There is an increasing willingness to consider investing in new nuclear projects - but issues remain around the lengthy investment timelines and perceived regulatory risks, a panel at World Nuclear Symposium heard.

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.

Actions being taken by various countries to meet the target of tripling global nuclear power generating capacity by 2050 were discussed by panellists during a session at World Nuclear Symposium 2024. Cooperation will be key to meeting the target, they agreed.

Lead author of World Nuclear Performance Report, Jonathan Cobb, outlines the key findings on the industry's performance in 2023, including the trend that older plants are operating better than ever.

Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation has announced that the fourth unit of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant has entered into commercial operation, with the company's CEO Mohamed Al Hammadi stressing the global nuclear industry's growth opportunity as demand soars for carbon-free energy, at World Nuclear Symposium.

Global nuclear electricity generation increased in 2023, despite a 1 GWe drop in overall capacity, to 392 GWe, of operable nuclear power plants, according to a new report from World Nuclear Association. Average capacity factors also rose during the year.