Professional career development of security knowledge in the nuclear industry

Abstract

A research on the Professional Career Development of Security Knowledge in the Nuclear Industry has been done. This was done by considering the motivational key factors that contribute to the establishment of the nuclear security support elements of an organisation in the nuclear industry. The consideration of the key factors was carried out through three (3) major pathways, namely: assessment under the state's nuclear and radiological security regime, development of an Integrated Nuclear Security Support Plan (INSSP), and International cooperation. The expectant results are to be quantified qualitatively with the aid of Key Performance Indicators (KPI's). The two main motivating factors which are: finance growth focussed and customer service growth focussed are considered in the results discussion. The KPI's provide objective evidence of progress towards achieving the desired result. It is expected that the KPI's will be used to measure what is required to confidently inform a better state level decision making and a research tool that gauges the degree of performance change over a period of service delivery in the nuclear industry.