The World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) is rolling out a new service to provide more frequent feedback to members – as it steps up its work to support nuclear operators and new entrants in further increasing the safety and reliability of nuclear power plants worldwide.
Tom Mitchell, WANO’s outgoing chairman, said the service, called enhanced performance monitoring, is the result of a mandate from its members for “clear, simple targets on how best to shape the industry’s future to help members more rapidly and sustainably improve performance”.
He said WANO’s major feedback to operators has been at intervals of four years, but this will now be switched to “more frequent feedback with better insights at times about what they could do to continue on the journey to excellence”.