Peer reviews help members compare themselves against standards of excellence through an in-depth, objective review of their operations by an independent team from outside their organisation. The result is a report that highlights strengths and areas for improvement in nuclear safety and plant reliability.

Peer reviews highlight strengths and areas for improvement in nuclear safety and plant reliability.

Improving Performance

Through peer reviews, members learn and share worldwide insights on safe and reliable plant operation and thereby improve their own performance. The same principles extend to companies, as well as stations, in the form of the corporate peer review.

Post-Fukushima, WANO has moved towards a four-year frequency for peer reviews, with a follow-up at the two-year point. WANO is also working with other organisations such as INPO, IAEA and JANSI to determine what other reviews can be judged as equivalent to WANO peer reviews.

Corporate Peer Review

Safety culture is important from the boardroom to the individual plant operator. With this in mind, WANO carries out corporate peer reviews to examine how decisions made at a member’s headquarters affect nuclear safety across the company.

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.

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.