Nuclear Education and Training: From Concern to Capability

The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) first published in 2000 Nuclear Education and Training: Cause for Concern?, which highlighted significant issues in the availability of human resources for the nuclear industry. Ten years on, Nuclear Education and Training: From Concern to Capability considers what has changed in that time and finds that, while some countries have taken positive actions, in a number of others human resources could soon be facing serious challenges in coping with existing and potential new nuclear facilities. This is exacerbated by the increasing rate of retirement as the workforce ages. This report provides a qualitative characterisation of human resource needs and appraises instruments and programmes in nuclear education and training initiated by various stakeholders in different countries. In this context, it also examines the current and future uses of nuclear research facilities for education and training purposes. Regarding the nuclear training component of workforce competence, it outlines a job taxonomy which could be a basis for addressing the needs of workers across this sector. It presents the taxonomy as a way of enhancing mutual recognition and increasing consistency of education and training for both developed and developing countries.

HUTCHINGS Ron;  COECK M.;  GIOT Michel;  SHALABY Basma;  KOSKINEN Kaisa;  GAUTHIER Jean Claude;  NABOT Jean-Philippe;  CHENG Xu;  BUCETI Giuliano;  MURAKAMI Hiroyuki;  CHUNG Bum-Jin;  KLOOSTERMAN Jan Leen;  MINGUEZ Emilio;  BLOMGREN J.;  CHAWLA Rakesh;  MURPHY Brian;  BROWN G.;  GORN Janet;  GUTTERIDGE J.;  MCANDREW-BENAVIDES Elizabeth;  YLIKNUUSSI Niina;  YANEV Y.;  BERKVENS Thomas;  VANDENDURPEL Koen;  SNELL Victor;  SCHOUWENBURG Marcel;  VON ESTORFF Ulrik;  BENNET Steve;  VAN GOETHEM G.; 

CAMERON Ron;  URSO Maria Elena; 

2013-01-08

OECD Publishing

JRC76625

978-92-64-17637-9 (print),    978-92-64-17760-4,   

http://www.oecdbookshop.org/oecd/display.asp?LANG=EN&SF1=DI&ST1=5K9BN4WZ2Q28,    https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC76625,