Nuclear education and training
Subtitle: from concern to capability
Series: Nuclear development; Nuclear development
Publisher: Nuclear Energy Agency, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9789264176379; 9789264177604
Subjects: Nuclear engineering; Study and teaching (Higher); Nuclear industry; Employees; Training of; Industrie nucléaire; Personnel; Formation; Kerntechnik; Atomphysiker; Ausbildung; Kärnteknik; Studier och undervisning; Högskolan; Kärnenergi; Kärnkraftsarbetare; Personalutbildning; Kärnkraftssäkerhet
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

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Table of contents: title: Executive summary; title: Chapter 1. A decade of change; title: -1.1 Background; title: 1.2 The evolving environment; title: 1.3 A key resource; title: a competent workforce; title: Chapter 2. Review of nuclear education and associated facilities; title: -2.1 Introduction; title: 2.2 Education and training; title: progress over the last decade; title: 2.3 Present use of research infrastructure for education and training in NEA member countries; title: Chapter 3. Towards a blueprint for workforce development; title: -3.1 The benefits of a competent nuclear workforce; title: 3.2 Classifying competence; title: 3.3 Analysis; title: Chapter 4. Ensuring capability; title: the recommendations; title: 4.1 Nuclear human resource features and requirements; title: 4.2 Ten years on; title: the developments; title: 4.3 Approach to developing a common job taxonomy; title: Appendices; title: -1. Recommendations from Nuclear Education and Training: Cause for Concern?; title: -2. Country education and training activities; title: 3. Survey on the use of nuclear research facilities for education and training; title: -4. Development of the job taxonomy; title: 5. Applications of the job taxonomy; title: 6. List of experts; title: 7. Acronyms.