Agneta Rising

Agneta Rising

Agneta Rising

Director General
World Nuclear Association (WNA)

Agneta Rising is the Director-General of the World Nuclear Association. She was Vice President of Environment at Sweden’s state power board Vattenfall AB, where she headed a pan-European department focused on energy, environment and sustainability.

Over the past two decades, Agneta Rising has been appointed by the Swedish government, the EU Commission and the International Atomic Energy Agency to several significant expert and advisory positions relevant to the safety and future development of nuclear power. Among these, Ms. Rising served for four years on the IAEA’s International Nuclear Safety Group. She was awarded the Atoms for Peace Prize in 2013.