IAEA Nuclear Energy Ministerial Conference opens in South Korea

The IAEA Nuclear Energy Ministerial Conference opened in Songdo, Incheon, marking the first time South Korea hosts the quadrennial event. More than 800 experts and officials from 60 countries are attending, with Seoul pushing small modular reactors (SMRs), including for powering AI data centers.

• The IAEA conference is held every four years and comes to Korea for the first time
• Representatives from 60 countries, 8 international organizations and 85 companies attend
• Korea promotes SMRs for AI data centers, industrial heat and ship propulsion
• Grossi: nuclear capacity could exceed 1000 GW by 2050 under an optimistic scenario