The World Bank can now support nuclear energy

World Nuclear News • June 28, 2025

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The World Bank has announced that it is no longer going to be excluding nuclear energy-related projects from its lending criteria. In this episode you can hear how World Bank Group President Ajay Banga and International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi outlined the logic behind the policy switch. It came as they announced their two organisations’ agreement to work together to support countries which choose new nuclear as part of their development strategies. B...

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