The past year has been extraordinary for nuclear energy in the news. The world is realizing that there is a need for clean, reliable energy and that nuclear can provide an abundance of this.

Net Zero Nuclear, the initiative calling for collaboration among government, industry leaders and civil society to triple global nuclear capacity to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, today announced that Urenco have joined as strategic partners for 2025, continuing their previous support in 2023 and 2024.

Net Zero Nuclear calls for recognition of nuclear as a clean, reliable, 24/7, green energy source and advocacy for the tripling of global nuclear capacity to accelerate the transition to low-carbon energy systems.

Did the COP29 climate conference achieve its goals? What role did nuclear energy play in the event? Why was so much focus already turning to COP30, which is due to take place in Brazil in 2025?

Director General, Dr Sama Bilbao y León, reflects on what has been a fabulous conference for the global nuclear industry. 

World Nuclear Association, based at our Net Zero Nuclear pavilion in the Blue Zone, is representing the interests of the global nuclear industry at COP29 - the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, in Baku, Azerbaijan.

World Nuclear Association Director General, Dr Sama Bilbao y Leon, interviews Dr Kirsten Cutler, Senior Strategist for Nuclear Energy Innovation at the U.S. Department of State, about the latest developments on nuclear energy in the US, including its roadmap to build 200 GWe of new nuclear capacity.