A significant increase in nuclear supply chain capacity and capability will be needed to deliver a 500-GW projected expansion of nuclear power globally by 2050, Sama Bilbao y León, director-general of the World Nuclear Association (WNA), told an event in Warsaw, Poland.
Bilbao y León said at the World Nuclear Supply Chain conference that governments should work to align energy and industrial policies with the goal of speeding up supply chain and skills development.
She said new nuclear deployment should move from current individual reactor projects to a “programmatic approach” of continuous government programmes for new reactor buildouts.