Industry Working Groups

Group photo of a WANO Industry Working Group meeting overlooking a field and mountains

The World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) currently supports seven international Industry Working Groups (I-WGs), these groups are made up of representatives from WANO’s membership. Each group has between 30 and 100 members who meet twice a year.

Each group works to solve issues in the industry by producing guidance, best practice documents and training. Many of them are eventually published as WANO documents. In addition, these groups are a channel for members to benchmark and network with industry peers, exchange operating experience, and provide guidance to one another to solve daily operational problems.

In 2024, 17 hybrid, in-person or virtual meetings were held, and altogether 90 different I-WG steering committee meetings.

With over 750 attendees, both in-person and online, they collaboratively achieved great milestones including publishing six industry documents and forming 16 additional sub-groups to develop new guiding documents.

You can view the latest happenings from the Industry Working Groups by visiting our Latest News. If you’re a member of WANO and would like to learn more and be part of group, please complete our Contact Us form.

The Industry Working Groups WANO supports are:
  • Communications (COM)
  • Equipment Reliability (ER)
  • Maintenance (MA)
  • New Unit Assistance (NUA)
  • Organisational Effectiveness (OR)
  • Performance Indicators (PI)
  • Quality Control (QC)

Industry Working Groups in Numbers 2025

15

In Person / Hybrid / Virtual Meetings held

60+

Steering Committee Meetings took place

800+

Attendees at the Meetings in 2025

3

Industry Documents Published

5

New Sub Groups were formed

Integrated Suite of Services

WANO services help member plants compare themselves against global standards of excellence and reach higher levels of safe and reliable performance.

Peer Review

Help members compare themselves against standards of excellence through in-depth, objective review of their operations by an independent external team.

Trends and Performance monitoring

Collects, screens, and analyses operating experience and performance data from nuclear power plants and facilities worldwide. Provides members with lessons learnt and industry performance insight reports.

Industry Performance Improvement

Provides a forum to support WANO members to enhance their organisational and leadership performance whilst providing a platform for enhancing professional and technical knowledge.

Events and Networking

Key engagement opportunities that bring together nuclear operators of different areas and positions to establish and maintain close contact, to network and exchange operating experience, and benchmark against the highest standards.

New Unit Assistance

Supports members and new operating organisations during the transition from a project phase – including construction and commissioning – to safe and reliable operation.

Industry Working Groups

Working to solve issues in the industry by producing guidance, best practice documents and training. Many of them are eventually published as WANO documents.

WANO Young Generation

A network for collaborating with existing young nuclear organisations. WANO Young Generation empower these groups – nationally, regionally and internationally.