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Increasing demand for uranium would help commodity producer BHP Billiton to remain strong in a carbon-constrained world, according to a newly published analysis of the potential effects of climate change on the multi-commodity company's portfolio.

The nuclear power industry has a unique role to play in tackling two "existential threats" facing all humanityÌý- climate change and nuclear war, Daniel Poneman, president and CEO of Centrus ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Corp told delegates at the ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Nuclear Association's Annual Symposium in London last week. From 2009 to 2014, Poneman was US deputy secretary of energy and also served as the COO of the US Department of ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß.

The International Atomic ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Agency is working to expand its role in international development, separate from its well known areas of nuclear energy safety, security and non-proliferation. Nuclear should be given "appropriate consideration" at upcoming climate talks said director general Yukiya Amano.

The global nuclear industry should aim to achieve a 25% share of world electricityÌýproduction by 2050, Agneta Rising, director general of the ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Nuclear Association said today. To do that it will need to add 1000 gigawatts of new generation capacity.

Future electricity systems cannot be based entirely on renewable energy sources, delegates at the ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Nuclear Association's annual Symposium in London heard today. However, they were told a new energy narrative is needed to overcome the mixed messages from the nuclear industry that has stymied public support.

Women in NuclearÌýhas leantÌýits support to a civil society campaign for nuclear energy to be recognised as a low-carbon option for fighting climate change.

A two-year initiative announced by the Nuclear ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Institute (NEI) and the Partnership for Global Security (PGS) aims to encourage international policy experts to work together to find ways to address climate change, nuclear energy and global security challenges.

The Nuclear ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Institute (NEI) has welcomed the positive changes on new nuclear power plants contained in the final Clean Power Plan rule issued this week by the US Environmental Protection Agency, but said it is a "missed opportunity" on existing reactors.

US president Barack Obama's newly revealed plan to reduce carbon emissions from power plants misses an opportunity by failing to recognize the carbon-abatement value of existing nuclear units, according to the Nuclear ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Institute (NEI).

France's National Assembly yesterday gave final approval of the country's energy transition bill. Under the legislation, France's reliance on nuclear energy will be reduced to 50% of power generation by 2025.

Two further nuclear power reactors are to be constructed and plans for four coal-fired plants have been dropped in the latest 15-year basic energy plan released by the South Korean government today.

Nuclear power generation will play a role in helping Japan meet its post-2020 greenhouse gas emissions targets. The country has announced its intended contribution towards a possible global climate agreement later this year.