In view of the European Commission’s forthcoming initiatives on Energy Security and on Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) in early 2026, we will present the latest edition of the World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2025. 

The WNISR is a landmark publication giving a yearly update on global and country by country reactor capacities, reactor age, startups and closures, new projects, SMRs, etc. plus special chapters about decommissioning, potential newcomer countries or nuclear versus renewables energy deployment. It is widely referred to by academia, politics and the press with hundreds of citations every year. 

The report’s data and analysis point to the limits of feasibility of nuclear energy expansion and the new trends in global energy supply. It thus provides essential elements to the critical discussions on the extent to which nuclear energy can or cannot contribute to Europe's decarbonisation, affordability, and resilience objectives.

The report examines i.a. the intensifying difficulties of integrating nuclear power into decentralized flexible renewable energy systems, making reliance on costly nuclear energy for security of supply questionable. It also allows us to look at recent nuclear strategies of the Trump administration, the implications of AI’s suggested rapidly increasing electricity demand, and the US experience with Small Modular Reactor designs, offering valuable lessons for EU debate and policy strategies.

Seating is limited, therefore registration is required -please register here.

Date: 28 January 2026, 12h30 – 14h30
Venue: European Parliament, Brussels
Room: SPINELLI 4F384

Hosted by: 

Jens Geier, Member of the European Parliament, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
Jutta Paulus, Member of the European Parliament, Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety
 

Agenda

12h00 Access badge pick-up at Station Europe building 
          (Please bring your accreditation email with you!)
12h10 Check-in at the European Parliament and transfer to the meeting room

12h30 – 12h45 
           Lunch snack in the meeting room
12h45 – 14h30
           Presentation of the World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2025

Welcome

• Claudia Detsch, Director of Competence Centre Just Climate, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung

Opening Statement

• Jens Geier, Member of the European Parliament, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
• Jutta Paulus, Member of the European Parliament, Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety

Topical Introduction

• N.N.,Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management, Germany (tbc)

Presentation of the World Nuclear Industry Status Report

 Global Overview/EU/Belgium

• Mycle Schneider, WNISR Coordinator and Publisher, Paris, France

 United States Focus, Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear Power

• Timothy Judson, Independent Nuclear Analyst, Syracuse, New York, USA
  WNISR Contributing Author

 Fukushima Status Report

• Phred Dvorak, Independent Journalist and Writer, Washington D.C., USA
  WNISR Contributing Author

The challenges of integrating nuclear energy into the energy system/ Nuclear energy vs. renewable energies

• Ruggero Schleicher-Tappeser, Independent consultant and author, Berlin, Germany
  WNISR Contributing Author

 Followed by Q&A and discussion.

14h30 End