The World Nuclear Exhibition 2025 (WNE 2025) is coming back to Paris from November 4–6, 2025 at Paris Nord Villepinte, with a challenging program aligned with industry’s goals. This global gathering brings together industry leaders, policymakers, and innovators to explore the future of nuclear energy and its pivotal role in achieving climate and energy security goals.
⚛️ 2 general themes shaping the future
NUCLEAR TODAY AND TOMORROW
What are the key drivers for the nuclear industry’s development? We’ll explore topics like project deliverability, Artificial Intelligence, and new financing strategies.
BEYOND ELECTRICITY
Discover nuclear applications beyond energy production—including medical, agriculture, space, hydrogen, heat, desalination, and propulsion—covering their current status and future outlook.
⚛️ 4 Essential Panels Shaping Nuclear’s Future
WNE 2025 features 4 core panel discussions, each designed to address critical challenges and opportunities that will define the nuclear industry’s trajectory through 2035 and beyond.
1. Fast-Tracking New Nuclear Programs: International Experiences
Implementing nuclear programs represents a complex and multidimensional challenge for countries seeking to develop or strengthen their nuclear capabilities. The time for developing a nuclear program, whether in a newcomer country, or in a country already having nuclear installations is considered to be around 10 to 15 years, in the best scenarios. As the pledge to triple the nuclear capacity by 2050 has been endorsed by 31 countries, nuclear programs, including fuel cycle, have to speed up and benefit from each other’s experiences in that prospect.
Nuclear programs require rigorous planning, significant investment and strict risk management. This round table aims to bring together international experts, political decision-makers, industry representatives and researchers to share experiences from diverse countries, to identify the best practices in terms of planning, management and regulation of a new nuclear program, and the technical, economic, environmental, safety and nuclear safety challenges.
2. From Breakthroughs to Industry: Delivering Fusion at a Global Scale
Fusion energy has long been the focus of scientific research – but today, it is rapidly evolving into a global industrial enterprise. In this first fusion panel at WNE, experts and industry stakeholders from across the public and private sectors will explore how recent breakthroughs, engineering advances, and project developments are accelerating the path to realization.
But delivering on the promise of fusion requires more than R&D success – it demands the birth of an industrial sector: one that spans thousands of companies, mobilizes billions in investment, and engages a global workforce to enable clean energy for all.
To accelerate, fusion must also learn from and collaborate with adjacent sectors:
How can fusion leverage existing supply chains, infrastructure, and skilled labour?
Where are the opportunities for material, fuel, and technology crossover?
And how can public-private partnerships bridge the gap from research to deployment?
This panel will explore not only the state-of-the-art in fusion R&D, but also the urgent next steps – including supply chain readiness, workforce development, large-scale investment, and international collaboration – needed to transform fusion from promise to power. The discussion will also highlight how enabling technologies emerging from fusion – such as advanced magnets, materials, and digital systems – are creating new markets of their own, generating early revenue streams and catalysing industrial momentum.
As nations increasingly recognize fusion’s strategic importance, competition and collaboration are both intensifying. At the same time, fusion’s industrialization presents an unprecedented opportunity to create millions of jobs and strengthen energy security.
This panel will not only spotlight fusion’s technological progress but also chart the path toward a truly global fusion energy industry.
3. Standardization in the Global Nuclear Industry: Pathways and Challenges
Many countries have pledged to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, and the nuclear industry plays a crucial role in meeting global energy demands while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. New programmes will have to be developed more quickly and more efficiently, including new types of reactors as Small Modular Reactors. In addition, decision-making will be a key issue to accelerate new programmes, and consultations will have to secure public support. Eventually, the nuclear industry is currently undergoing a digital transformation, with the adoption of new technologies for plant design, construction, maintenance, operation and safety, the whole management of a nuclear program has to evolve.
While taking all of the above into account, nuclear projects must also be on time, on budget and efficient to get a foothold in the market and provide affordable energy. Standardization of the nuclear industry and of its surrounding processes is one of the keys to achieve such a goal, in accelerating and securing all the key steps of a nuclear program, including plant design (replication of a proven technology), components, construction, decision-making, safety, training…
The round table aims at identifying best practices, addressing challenges, and exploring innovative solutions (additive manufacturing, digital tools…) to enhance efficiency, competitiveness of nuclear projects, with the required level of nuclear safety and thus to improve project lead times.
4. Beyond Technology: Engagement as a Strategic Enabler for Success
The success of nuclear power programmes – including the deployment of new technologies and facilities – depends not only on technical and economic viability but also on robust stakeholder engagement. To deliver nuclear projects on time and on budget, stakeholder engagement must encompass critical areas such as resilient supply chains, a skilled human workforce, sustainable waste management strategies, innovation ecosystems as well as host communities and general public. This panel brings together European and international perspectives to explore how engagement – as a strategic enabler – can drive a sustainable and future¬ ready nuclear sector. The event is organized by the French Nuclear Industry (GIFEN) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
The exhibition will showcase the key role of nuclear technology across 6 industries:
Medicine: it is vital, particularly through medical imaging and radiation therapy. It enables accurate diagnostics and effective treatment of diseases, such as cancer, improving patient outcomes and enhancing overall healthcare quality.
Agriculture: enhances through irradiation, which extends shelf life, reduces foodborne illnesses, and ensures safety while preserving nutritional value. This method is vital for improving food security and meeting global demand.
Space: provides reliable power sources for spacecraft and enables long-duration missions. It enhances propulsion systems and supports scientific instruments, allowing for deeper space exploration and extended missions beyond Earth.
Hydrogen: supports hydrogen production through high-temperature electrolysis, providing a clean and efficient method to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. This emission-free process can meet increasing energy demands while reducing reliance on fossil fuels, making hydrogen a key player in the transition to sustainable energy.
Heat: nuclear reactors offer a stable and efficient source of high-temperature heat for industrial processes such as refining, chemical manufacturing, and district heating. This reduces reliance on fossil fuels and supports the transition to low-carbon industrial energy systems.
Desalination: powers large-scale desalination plants, using its heat and energy to convert seawater into fresh, drinkable water. This approach is cost-effective and scalable, supporting water security in arid regions and addressing the global scarcity of freshwater resources.
Leading companies in the sector have chosen to promote their company by becoming a sponsor of WNE, thus actively contributing to the event’s attractiveness.
🧑🏾💻Why Professionals Should Attend
Gain Access to Global Expertise: Attend eight in-depth panels and learn from leading international policymakers, engineers, and financiers.
Build Strategic Partnerships: Connect with global decision-makers, industry leaders, and potential collaborators face-to-face.
Explore Business Opportunities: Engage directly with potential clients and partners from over 23,600 professionals attending WNE 2025.
🫱🏽🫲🏾 Don’t Miss Your Opportunity
WNE 2025 represents an unparalleled opportunity for enterprises and professionals to position themselves at the forefront of the global nuclear industry. With its combination of world-class panels, and international networking opportunities, WNE 2025 is the place to explore new technologies, discuss strategic developments, and drive international collaboration.
Register today to secure your place at WNE 2025, taking place from November 4–6, 2025, in Paris Nord Villepinte. Join leading experts and stakeholders from around the world and become part of the conversation shaping the future of nuclear energy.
