What are the main priorities, the key events and the likely big developments in new nuclear capacity in 2026? Here’s an edited transcript of World Nuclear Association Director General Sama Bilbao y León's World Nuclear News podcast interview.
 

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 2025? Read a month-by-month summary, and listen to the full podcast episode.
 

What was achieved at COP30 - the 30th UN Climate Change Conference, held in Belém, Brazil - and what role did nuclear energy play? Here's an assessment from Jonathan Cobb, World Nuclear Association Senior Programme Lead, Climate.
 

World Nuclear Association Chairman Mohamed Al Hammadi, and Director General Sama Bilbao y León share their views on leadership in the global nuclear sector with Callum Thomas, Chair of the association's Workforce and Talent Development Working Group.
 

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.