World Association of Nuclear Operators

📢 Last month, swissnuclear hosted the Equipment Reliability Industry Working Group (#ER I-WG) meeting in Switzerland, welcoming 80+ nuclear representatives from 28 organisations across 20 countries, 🌎 both in-person and online. 👏

Read more about the ER #I-WG meeting 🔗 ▶️ shorturl.at/XaMVr

At the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO), our #vision 🔎 is for our members to be #worldwide 🌍 leaders in pursuing #excellence 🎯 in operational nuclear safety 👷‍♀️ for commercial #nuclear power.

You can read more about #WANO online on www.wano.info🔗⬅

Tamer Albishawi, Chief of Nuclear Operations at Emirates Nuclear Energy Company (#ENEC), led an interactive workshop at the Global #CNO Forum in Budapest. 🌎

Many thanks go to both Tamer and ENEC!👏

Read the full article on the CNO Forum here 🔗▶️ shorturl.at/LaTon

📢 WANO #Paris Centre is seeking a dedicated and experienced professional to join the team as Assessment and Organisational Effectiveness Director. 🎯
This role is open to WANO Paris Centre members and secondees only.

To apply, send your application to humanresources@wanopc.org, by Friday 7 November.

WANO Young Generation – WANO WANO Young Generation provides a platform for early career professionals within the nuclear industry to engage and connect with like-minded individuals.

As part of our initiative to foster young generation in the industry, #WANO hosted the 2025 Young Generation Forum in #Budapest, #Hungary 🌍 on 23 October. 📆 Thank you everyone who joined us and shared the amazing energy! 👏Read more here ➡️ shorturl.at/slNp9

Wei Wen, #Tokyo Centre 🌏 secondee from CNNC and Jeff Bone, #London Office 🌍 secondee from Sellafield Ltd shared how their experiences with WANO benefited their station/company, 🏭 but also on personal growth 👏

Read more about a secondment at WANO 🔗➡️ www.wano.info/careers/seco...

Richard Davis, Chief Nuclear Officer at Slovenské elektrárne,🌍 presented on ‘Improving #Nuclear 🏭 Safety through enhanced #Performance Monitoring’ at our members’ #Global 🌐 CNO forum yesterday. Thank you, Richard! 👏 Read more ➡️ shorturl.at/LaTon

The Global CNO Forum, 🌐facilitated by WANO, took place on Monday 20 and Tuesday 21 October 📆in Budapest. 🌍 Its theme was ‘Influencing Industry Sustainability via CNO Strategic Planning and Mutual Support’. 👏We thank all our participants! Read more here ➡️ shorturl.at/LaTon

WANO's strategic 📊 document, #UNITY Towards Nuclear #Excellence,💡is a new direction ⤴️ for the evolution of the Association and is focused on three key areas:

✅ Improve global industry performance.
✅ Transform WANO.
✅ Influence the evolution of global nuclear power.

✨ WANO #Shanghai Office and China General Nuclear Power Group held a #workshop on the application of advanced technologies linking to our AfE goals. 🎯

Delegates from more than 20 nuclear power companies around the world 🌎 actively participated in the workshop with an array of topics discussed. ✅

🚀 Did you know ❓ the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) unites 👏 every #company 🏭 and #country 🌐 in the world that has not only an operating commercial #nuclear power plant but new units under construction to achieve the highest possible standards of nuclear #safety. ✅

🎯 From 30 Sept to 02 Oct, CEZ, a.s. hosted the second Quality Control Industry Working Group meeting 📅 at Temelín Nuclear Power Plant, welcoming 40 participants, both, from 21 organisations across 21 countries. 🌎

You can read the full article via our website 🔗 ▶️ shorturl.at/xMvEf

📢 What does great #leadership mean to the next generation of our industry? 🎯

We asked young professionals from across #WANO 🌎 to share their thoughts and their message to today’s leaders. 🤝

Watch the full video via #YouTube 🔗 ▶️ shorturl.at/DRPGl

Naoki Chigusa, #WANO Chief Executive Officer, and Jose Gago, WANO Chair, provided closing remarks 🎤 at WANO’s global Site Vice Presidents and Plant Managers conference in #Zurich 🌍at the end of September. 📆We thank everyone for contributing to such a successful conference! 👏

Recently at our conference in #Zurich, 🌍 a variety of speakers from members #worldwide 🌐 provided an overview of the #progress 📊 of the Industry Working Groups. Thanks to them and our delegates for supporting such an engaging session! 👏

In a special session, delegates at our conference in #Zurich 🌍in September 📆 heard from three industry #leaders 👏 on how they overcame key #challenges and helped drive performance at their stations. 🏭 Thanks to Laura Basta, Peter Moens and Shantanu Paraswar. ⭐

At our conference at the end of #September, 📆 Greg Ruppert and Salah Kanaan provided an overview of #WANO’s new Significant Operating Experience #Report 📝 on Improving Equipment #Reliability. 👏

Graham McDonald, Industry Performance Improvement Director at #WANO, hosted an interactive session 🎤 with #senior representatives 👏 of the industry at the SVP & PM #conference.

Read our news release 📰 on the SVP & PM Conference for more information 🔗➡️ www.wano.info/svppm2025

At the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO), our #vision 🔎 is for our members to be #worldwide 🌍 leaders in pursuing #excellence 🎯 in operational nuclear safety 👷‍♀️ for commercial #nuclear power.

You can read more about #WANO online on www.wano.info🔗⬅

The #WANO Global Site Vice Presidents’ and Plant Managers’ conference 🤝 took place on 24 & 25 September 📆 in #Zurich. 🌍 Our conference moderators, Gabriela R. Araujo and Nils Röthlisberger from swissnuclear made sure the #conference ran smoothly. 🌟 Our #thanks to the team at #swissnuclear! 🚀

Ruslan Alyev, Chief Engineer, #Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant 🏭 provided a #video recording on the topic of #Nuclear #Leadership Effectiveness 🤝 at his station. 💫 Thanks to Ruslan and his team at Kalinin for their support! 🚀

Read our news release 📰 for more information 🔗➡️ www.wano.info/svppm2025/

Sean Tierney from ENEC delivered our conference keynote this week, on Barakah’s journey towards a culture of continuous improvement. 🚀 Many thanks to Sean and ENEC! 👏

Last week, our former secondee Greg Ruppert provided an update on Industry Performance 📊 at WANO’s global Site Vice Presidents and Plant Managers conference. Thanks Greg! 🤝

Read more 🔗➡️ www.wano.info/svppm2025/

🚀 Did you know ❓ the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) unites 👏 every #company 🏭 and #country 🌐 in the world that has not only an operating commercial #nuclear power plant but new units under construction to achieve the highest possible standards of nuclear #safety. ✅

Industry leaders convene in Zurich to accelerate progress in maximising performance at stations worldwide The conference, held in Zurich, Switzerland, provided attendees the opportunity to share common challenges, exchange information and best practices, assess and benchmark plant and industry performance...

This week’s Site Vice Presidents and Plant Managers conference in Zurich was a great success! With over 70 senior nuclear leaders from around 25 countries and areas in attendance. Thanks to our hosts swissnuclear and all our participants! Read more www.wano.info/svppm2025/

Earlier this month 📆, EPZ proudly hosted the Organisational Effectiveness Industry Working Group (OR I-WG) 👏 meeting in the #Netherlands, welcoming 40+ representatives 👷‍♂️👷‍♀️ from 19 companies 🏭 across 16 countries. 🌐

You can read more about Industry Working Groups on our website 🔗➡️ shorturl.at/v0JmB

Exciting opportunity! 📢

London Office is seeking to appoint a #Corporate #Strategy #Manager. 🙌This role is open to #WANO members only through a secondment contract. 🌍Applications must be submitted by 2 October. 🗓️

Apply today 🔗▶️ shorturl.at/ae312

Expect #integrity from us 😊 when supporting the #nuclear industry! 🤝

We demonstrate integrity by #prioritising nuclear #safety 🏭 above all else and by adhering to the highest #professional #standards 📈 and guiding #principles. 💫

Find out more about our WANO Core Values 🔗➡️ shorturl.at/GRUQQ

We're excited to offer an opportunity 🚨 to join our #London Office 🌍 as a HR Coordinator. 🚀

This role is perfect for someone #passionate about people. 👥

Interviews are scheduled for the end of September. Sound like the role for you? Apply by Tuesday 23 September 🔗➡️ shorturl.at/12iQk

At the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO), our #vision 🔎 is for our members to be #worldwide 🌍 leaders in pursuing #excellence 🎯 in operational nuclear safety 👷‍♀️ for commercial #nuclear power.

You can read more about #WANO online on www.wano.info🔗⬅