Monday, 14 September 2026

U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright delivered the U.S. National Statement at the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, Austria, according to the Department of Energy.

Wright said the administration's actions advance President Trump's goal of adding 300 gigawatts of new nuclear capacity in the United States by 2050.

On deployment, Wright said the Department of Energy's advanced reactor pilot program has led to five distinct reactors achieving criticality in rapid succession.

On nonproliferation, Wright described a joint operation between the United States, United Kingdom, and Venezuela, carried out with IAEA technical support, to remove 13.5 kilograms of enriched uranium from the shutdown RV-1 research reactor.

Wright said the United States is the largest contributor to the IAEA, and congratulated Timor Leste on becoming the newest member of the agency.

The Global Fusion Policy Summit produced a joint statement on 14 September 2026 laying out shared priorities for international cooperation on fusion energy, according to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ).

DESNZ, which published the document, said the principal policy outcome of the summit was the joint statement itself.

The text reflects discussions held during the day on regulation, public-private collaboration, insurance and artificial intelligence, per DESNZ.

It also flags actions needed on regulatory harmonisation and standards to support the global fusion community's work on commercialisation and deployment, according to the same policy paper.