The decision, a major reversal, could help poorer nations industrialize, cut planet-warming emissions and boost U.S. competitiveness on next-generation reactors.

The decision, a major reversal, could help poorer nations industrialize, cut planet-warming emissions and boost U.S. competitiveness on next-generation reactors.

Lender’s president says it would support projects extending the life of existing reactors

The World Bank will end a ban on funding nuclear energy projects, but any immediate funding for the development of new reactors is for now unlikely.