The lack of young experts in the nuclear energy sector is a greatchallenge to nuclear research and nuclear energy development in Vietnam,as heard a seminar on nuclear human resources on July 17.
Participants at the event in the Central Highland Da Lat City, whichis home to Vietnam’s first research nuclear reactor, said experts in thefield are getting old while there are few young talented scientists.
General Director of Da Lat Nuclear Research Institute’straining centre Nguyen Xuan Hai said Vietnam has six universities whichoffer training courses in nuclear-related fields with about 200 graduatestudents each year.
However low recruitment demand plus low salary makes research establishments not attractive to young talents, he added.
The Vietnam Atomic Energy Institute (Vinatom) said as a new nuclearresearch centre will be built and begin operation in Da Lat in 2020, thefacility will need 400 specialists.
Some solutions wereproposed to develop manpower for the centre at the event such as sendingstudents to study abroad and recruit more specialists for researchinstitutes.
The new centre will have a researching reactor with acapacity of 30MW, 30 times the capacity of the existing reactor whichwill stop operating in 10 years. The site for the centre is underconsideration.-VNA
Participants at the event in the Central Highland Da Lat City, whichis home to Vietnam’s first research nuclear reactor, said experts in thefield are getting old while there are few young talented scientists.
General Director of Da Lat Nuclear Research Institute’straining centre Nguyen Xuan Hai said Vietnam has six universities whichoffer training courses in nuclear-related fields with about 200 graduatestudents each year.
However low recruitment demand plus low salary makes research establishments not attractive to young talents, he added.
The Vietnam Atomic Energy Institute (Vinatom) said as a new nuclearresearch centre will be built and begin operation in Da Lat in 2020, thefacility will need 400 specialists.
Some solutions wereproposed to develop manpower for the centre at the event such as sendingstudents to study abroad and recruit more specialists for researchinstitutes.
The new centre will have a researching reactor with acapacity of 30MW, 30 times the capacity of the existing reactor whichwill stop operating in 10 years. The site for the centre is underconsideration.-VNA
