ACHIEVING EXCELLENCE IN THE PERFORMANCE OF NPP PERSONNEL
The aging and retiring workforce in the nuclear power sector is an issue of increased concern among Member States. There is a need for further development of model curricula for maintaining and enhancing the competence of nuclear power workforce, more active collaboration between nuclear utilities, educational institutions, national, regional and collaborating training centres. Effective human performance along with other factors contribute to the ability of personnel to perform their duties with predictable and repeated success. This project will encourage Member States to further develop training, education and qualification programmes from a systematic approach that has started in many Member States, but may not be fully implemented for some job classifications. Systematic improvement of the plant personnel performance is a synergistically natural, logical and vital process within the continuous improvement of the nuclear power plants quality and safety. This project will examine the ageing workforce issue, contribute to the maintenance and preservation of nuclear knowledge and identify strategic vision and programmes for the operating organizations to have the personnel as needed with the proper knowledge, skills, and attitudes to support NPPs within Member States. Planned activities will be carried out in conjunction and coordination with Major Programme 3 and subprogramme C.3 on knowledge management, as well as in conjunction with the projects in the framework of subprogramme A.2.
Current Activities
Prepare guidelines to reinforce the development of attitudes and professionalism of NPP personnel
Disseminate good practices on the training for the commissioning of nuclear power plants
Assist in establishing effective knowledge management systems for NPP operating organizations
Recent Achievements
A set of material on Training Practices to support decommissioning of nuclear facilities
Competency assessments of nuclear industry personnel; STI/PUB/1236
Human Resource Issues Related to Expanding a Nuclear Power Plant Fleet; IAEA-TECDOC-1501
