To help point the way towards a globalizing nuclear profession, the World Nuclear Association has worked with the IAEA, WANO and the NEA to create the new World Nuclear University. The WNU is a partnership in which these four global organizations cooperate together, and with leading institutions of nuclear learning, in activities to enhance nuclear education and leadership for the twenty-first century. The WNU partnership is sup­ported by a small multinational secretariat in London composed of nuclear professionals seconded by key governments and nuclear enterprises.

The flagship of the partnership is the WNU Summer Institute, an annual six-week event designed to educate and inspire an international group of young nuclear professionals who show promise as future leaders in the world of nuclear science and technology.