Employment in the UK's nuclear power sector grew 35% between 2021 and 2024 to reach 87,000 workers, according to a report commissioned by the Nuclear Industry Association. Meanwhile, a study by the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board shows the nuclear sector workforce within the country's engineering construction industry could increase by 29% in the next five years.

A nuclear power generating capacity of 200 GWe would reap widespread economic benefits throughout the EU, sustaining almost two million jobs and hundreds of billions in additional economic output, tax revenues and household income, according to a report commissioned by Brussels-based nuclear trade body Nucleareurope.

In the second of a two-part special report from the World Nuclear Fuel Cycle 2025 conference held in Canada, Claire Maden reports on the opportunities and challenges facing players across the entire fuel sector.

German nuclear technology association Kerntechnik Deutschland e.V. says that restarting the country's nuclear power plants "offers a safe, economically viable and climate-friendly alternative to the current energy policy". It says that up to six shut down reactors could technically resume operation.

Tech giants and other major energy users Amazon, Google, Meta, Dow, Occidental, Allseas and OSGE have signed a pledge supporting the goal of at least tripling global nuclear capacity by 2050.

As José Gago succeeds Tom Mitchell after a six-year term as chairman, the two talk to World Nuclear News about the role of the World Association of Nuclear Operators, its achievements and its future role with numbers of nuclear energy plants set to rise sharply in the years ahead.

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power has officially launched the APR Owners Group - the world's first international organisation dedicated to the Korean-designed APR reactor model.

What were the most-read World Nuclear News stories, and what has World Nuclear Association Director General Sama Bilbao y León picked out as her key moments of 2024? Read a month-by-month summary, and listen to the full podcast episode.

Former CEO of Asociacion Nuclear Asco-Vandellos, José Gago, is to succeed Tom Mitchell as chairman of the World Association of Nuclear Operators when his six-year term ends in March.