International Conference on Human Resource Development for Nuclear Power Programmes: Building and Sustaining Capacity (Strategies for Education and Training, Networking and Knowledge Management) IAEA CN-215

Vietnam’s Human Resource Development for Nuclear Power: Status, Perspectives and Challenges

13 May 2014, 11:05

20m

Board Room C (IAEA, Vienna)

Paper Session 1C - Human Resources and Capacity Building

Speaker

Mr Anh Tuan HOANG (Director General, Vietnam Atomic Energy Agency, Ministry of Science and Technology)

Description

The Resolution on the Investment Decision for the Ninh Thuan Nuclear Power Project was approved by the National Assembly of Vietnam in November 2009. Various activities have been actively carried out to develop the nuclear power infrastructure for the first nuclear power project, which includes two 2-unit plants (1000 MW per unit). To develop the human resource for the nuclear power program, the Project on Training and Human Resource development in the Field of Atomic Energy was approved on August 2010. In 2012, EVN 's Human Resource Training Project for Nuclear Power Plant in NinhThuan, which focuses on training operator for the NPP, was also approved by the Prime Minister. In 2012, the statistics of and the forecast on nuclear power workforce of Vietnam organizations (management agencies, regulatory body, utility, TSO and universities) up to 2020 was conducted. Vietnam has received the continuing support in human resource development from the International Atomic Energy Agency, the Russian Federation, Japan and some other countries. The oral presentation will provide the audience with an overview on status, perspective and challenges in human resource development for nuclear power in Vietnam.