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Broadening nuclear sector employment to other industries prevents insularity and groupthink.
Conclusion
It is highly desirable that, in expanding employment in the sector, opportunities should continue to be broadened to people from sectors other than nuclear. Apart from the wider pool of talent available, it is important there should be flows into and out of the nuclear industry from other industries. The risk for any industry that is too insulated from others is that it can be insular and impervious to different ways of thinking that are practiced in other industries. At a time of such rapid technological change and innovation, it is important that the nuclear industry participates in this movement, and avoids the degrees of groupthink in which a relatively small number of people move between a relatively small number of organisations within the same sector.
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Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 25 October 2023. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document.
Source
Inquiry
Delivering nuclear power
Report
Eighth Report - Delivering nuclear power
31 Jul 2023
HC 626
Addressee Bodies
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Timeline
Recommendation age
3.1 yrs
Report published
31 Jul 2023