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22 September 2025 – INVITATION: Global Launch of the World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2025

Co-Hosted by Kyoto Club, the German Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management (BASE), Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, and Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung 

at Spazio Europa, Rome, jointly operated by the European Parliament and the European Commission

Date
Monday, 22 September 2025

Time

10:00–12:30 (CET)

(Welcome coffee and registrations start at 9:30)

Location

Spazio Europa

Via Quattro Novembre, 149

00187 Rome

Italy

Language 
 English and Italian, with simultaneous translation

 To attend in person, please register here

The event will be live-streamed on YouTube here

Note: The full 589-page report will be available for free download as of 22 September 2025 at 10:00 CET here 

There will be a diverse lineup of distinguished speakers from seven countries.

PROGRAM

Chaired by ELENA COMELLI, Independent Journalist

➣ Welcome: BENJAMIN FISHMAN | Heinrich Böll Stiftung Paris, France

➣ General Introduction: LETIZIA MAGALDI | President, Kyoto Club, Rome, Italy

➣ Topical Introduction: JOCHEN AHLSWEDE | Head of Directorate-General, Research and Long-term Documentation German Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management (BASE)

Presentation WNISR2025

➤ Global Overview

MYCLE SCHNEIDER | Independent Analysist, Paris, France; WNISR Coordinator and Publisher

➤ South Africa & Potential Newcomer Countries in Africa

HARTMUT WINKLER | Prof, University of Johannesburg, South Africa; WNISR Contributing Author (via Zoom)

➤ Russia, Ukraine & Russia Nuclear Interdependencies

DMITRY GORCHAKOV | Nuclear Advisor, Bellona Foundation, Vilnius, Lithuania; WNISR Contributing Author

➤  Fukushima Status Report and Japan Focus

TATSUJIRO SUZUKI | President, Peace Depot, Visiting Prof, Nagasaki University, Japan; WNISR Contributing Author (via Zoom)

➤  Decommissioning Status Report

ALEXANDER WIMMERS | Research Associate, Berlin University of Technology, Germany; WNISR Contributing Author

➤  Challenges of Integrating Nuclear Power into the Energy System – Nuclear Power vs. Renewable Energy Deployment

RUGGERO SCHLEICHER–TAPPESER | Independent Consultant and Writer, Berlin, Germany; WNISR Contributing Author

Q & A

➣ Conclusions : LETIZIA MAGALDI

Note: the event will prioritize questions from media representatives; however a public event with a similar program will also be held in the afternoon, at the same location (see full program attached).

Background. The annual World Nuclear Industry Status Report (WNISR) is the go-to source for reliable, fact-based information on the nuclear industry. It provides a comprehensive overview of nuclear power plant data, including information on age, operation, production, and construction of reactors. In addition, the WNISR2025 assesses in an in-depth focus chapter the Challenges of Integrating Nuclear Power into the Energy System, a compatibility analysis of nuclear energy with modern renewables-based electricity systems, complemented by a comparative analysis of Nuclear Power vs. Renewable Energy Deployment. Solar plus storage increasingly emerges as a major game changer. A chapter on Russian Nuclear Interdependencies looks not only into supplies from Russia but also into western industries’ dependence on Russia as a client for their products. The state of development—less advanced than generally thought—of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) is subject to a dedicated chapter. Most of the Potential Nuclear Newcomer Countries assessed—including Italy—are in very early stages of planning. The Fukushima Status Report evaluates persistent onsite and offsite challenges 14 years after the disaster began. The Decommissioning Status Report provides an overview of the current situation of the 218 closed reactors in the world (only nine have been released as greenfield sites). Overall, the industrial reality of the global nuclear sector that sees most of the indicators in decline is very different from public perception.

September 20, 2025 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Events