Johan Svenningsson is Country Chairman and CEO of Uniper Sweden, as well as being vice chairman and chairman-elect of World Nuclear Association.
 

If global nuclear energy capacity is to at least triple by 2050 there needs to be huge investment - potentially USD250 billion a year for 25 years. So how will it be financed, and what are the opportunities and challenges for financiers wanting to get involved?
 

The 2025 World Nuclear Symposium marked a historic milestone: the 50th edition of the flagship gathering of the global nuclear industry. Held in London, the event brought together leaders from government, industry, finance, and technology under the theme Energizing the Future Now. World Nuclear Association Director General Sama Bilbao y León reflects on the main messages from the discussions.
 

More 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 broad range of topics there were also two special full day programmes - one focused on end energy users and one on finance.
 

The 2025 World Nuclear Symposium marked the 50th incarnation of an event which began in the earliest days of World Nuclear Association’s forerunner organisation the Uranium Institute, growing from a modest (in size, although not in ambition) 1976 gathering at the Institute of Electrical Engineers to this year’s event taking place over three days at the Royal Lancaster Hotel. 
 

All the key findings from World Nuclear Performance Report 2025 - including the record amount of electricity generated by nuclear energy in 2024, how reactor performance changes as they age and which global region has dominated capacity growth in recent years.
 

Andy White talks about the huge range of work Amentum is doing in the UK and internationally, from pre-project planning to decommissioning. We also hear from Nima Ashkeboussi about Global Laser Enrichment's technology and growth plans.

Mikhail Baryshnikov, Head of Innovative Products Development Department for Russia’s Tenex and former chairman of World Nuclear Association’s Used Nuclear Fuel working group, explains what a closed nuclear fuel cycle is, and how it is being developed.
 

As World Nuclear Symposium 50 takes place in London, World Nuclear News has put together a timeline of some of nuclear energy's key moments.