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Strategic Intelligence: Nuclear Power (2025)

Publisher GlobalData
Published Nov 07, 2025
Length 75 Pages
SKU # GBDT20613817

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Strategic Intelligence: Nuclear Power (2025)

Summary

Nuclear energy is experiencing a global resurgence as countries grapple with the dual imperatives of deep decarbonization and reliable baseload power. Emerging reactor designs, particularly small modular reactors (SMRs), and advanced modular construction techniques are reviving the global interest in nuclear power.Investment flows into nuclear power are accelerating as governments, utilities, and private investors reassess the technology’s role in meeting decarbonization, reliability, and energy-security objectives. According to GlobalData forecasts, the new investment in nuclear power recorded $27.9 billion in 2024 and is estimated to reach $41.8 billion by 2030 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8% between the period 2025 and 2030.SMR deployment is anticipated to expand in the coming years as nations diversify their energy portfolios, decarbonize electricity supplies, and bolster energy security.

Scope
  • The report focuses on nuclear power as a theme.
  • It provides an industry analysis on market size and growth forecast in nuclear power.
  • The report provides an insight on the rise in nuclear power investment.
  • The report briefs on how small modular reactor is disrupting the nuclear power industry.
  • It covers patents trends and deal trends in nuclear power.
  • It contains details of M&A deals driven by nuclear power theme, and a timeline highlighting milestones for nuclear power.
  • The report focus on the trends related to nuclear power as a theme in technology, macroeconomic and regularoty trends.
  • The report also includes an overview of competitive positions held by power utility companies adopting nuclear power.
Reasons to Buy

The report provides -
  • A detailed industry analysis on the growing market of nuclear energy in power sector.
  • The report gives an insight of the leading players in nuclear power and where do they fit in the value chain.
  • The report gives an overview of the leaders and challengers in the nuclear power value chain.
  • Technology briefing on nuclear fission, reactor types, nuclear fuel cycle and waste.
  • A briefing on detailed analysis of nuclear power value chain.
  • Company profiles of leading adopters of nuclear energy in power sector.
  • An overview on nuclear reactor developers.
  • A snapshot of power sector scorecard predicting the position of leading power companies in nuclear power theme.

Table of Contents

75 Pages
Executive Summary
Players
Technology Briefing
What is nuclear fission?
Working of a nuclear power plant
Major components and functionality
Reactor types
Mining, enrichment, and disposal of uranium
Nuclear fuel cycle
Nuclear waste and its disposal
Trends
Technology trends
Macroeconomic trends
Regulatory trends
Industry Analysis
Market size and growth forecast
Cumulative capacity share by region for 2024
New investments on the rise in nuclear power
Small modular reactors ‒ a disruptive technology
Major nuclear reactor developers
China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC)
Framatome
GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy
Mitsubishi Corporation
Nuscale Power Corp
Rolls-Royce
Westinghouse Electric Company
Use cases
China Huaneng’s nuclear reactors
Duke Energy’s Oconee nuclear power station extension
EDF’s Hinkley Point C
Fortum’s modernization at the Loviisa nuclear power plant
Eskom’s Koeberg nuclear plant
KEPCO’s Shin Hanul nuclear units 3 and 4
Rosatom’s flagship reactor for Kazakhstan
TVA’s largest nuclear plant ‒ Browns Ferry
Vattenfall’s small modular reactor project
Timeline
Signals
M&A trends
Venture financing trends
Patent trends
Value Chain
Construction
Operation
Decommission and waste management
Companies
Power companies
Sector Scorecards
Power sector scorecard
Who’s who
Thematic screen
Valuation screen
Risk screen
Glossary
Further Reading
GlobalData reports
Our Thematic Research Methodology
About GlobalData
Contact Us
List of Tables
Table 1: Technology trends
Table 2: Macroeconomic trends
Table 3: Regulatory trends
Table 4: Key M&A transactions associated with the nuclear power theme
Table 5: Power companies
Table 6: Glossary
Table 7: GlobalData reports
List of Figures
Figure 1: Who are the leading players in the nuclear power theme, and where do they sit in the value chain?
Figure 2: Nuclear fission process
Figure 3: A pressurized water reactor
Figure 4: Nuclear fuel cycle
Figure 5: Nuclear power market, global, installed capacity (GW), 2015‒2035
Figure 6: Nuclear power market, regional, cumulative capacity, 2024
Figure 7: Nuclear power, global, new investment in billions, 2020-2030
Figure 8: Small modular reactors cumulative global capacity forecast, 2023 ‒ 2030
Figure 9: SMR capacity addition etween 2025 ‒ 2030 by country
Figure 10: Construction of Hualong One nuclear reactor
Figure 11: Three reactors at the Oconee nuclear power plant
Figure 12: Construction activities at the nuclear power plant site
Figure 13: A view of the Loviisa nuclear power plant
Figure 14: Koeberg’s nuclear power plant site
Figure 15: An aerial view of Shin Hanul units 1 & 2
Figure 16: A team of engineers at a nuclear power plant site
Figure 17: Aerial view of Browns Ferry nuclear power plant
Figure 18: A pictorial view of the small modular reactor BWRX-300 project site
Figure 19: The nuclear story
Figure 20: The nuclear power deal trend is significantly increasing.
Figure 21: Region-wise nuclear power deals and related themes overview
Figure 22: The increase in patent activity is driving the growth in the adoption of nuclear power
Figure 23: Nuclear power activities will continue to increase in the power industry
Figure 24: The nuclear power value chain ‒ Construction
Figure 25: The nuclear power value chain – Operation
Figure 26: The nuclear power value chain: Decommission and waste management
Figure 27: Who does what in the power space?
Figure 28: Thematic screen
Figure 29: Valuation screen
Figure 30: Risk screen
Figure 31: Our five-step approach for generating a sector scorecard

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