DMaLSE: Decommissioning Management and Leadership for Safety Education – A project that is developing a certified science-based training for managers and experts involved in nuclear decommissioning projects (NDP). Training sessions will start in 2025.

Context

DMaLSE is taking place in a context of a sharp increase in the numbers of nuclear decommissioning projects. Many installations around the world are now reaching the end of their life cycle. The number of decommissioning projects in nuclear power plants (NPPs) and nuclear research reactors (NRRs) will increase from 50 today to over 400 by 2040. In the coming decade, many emerging countries will begin the process of decommissioning their existing facilities, such as research reactors.

Decommissioning a nuclear power plant is a complex operation, often spread over several decades. The human and organisational aspects of decommissioning projects are very challenging. Managers as well as operators on site need to be trained accordingly to ensure the safety of the operation.

Management of decommissioning projects, regardless the nature of the site, poses major challenges in terms of safety, costs, deadlines, quality and social acceptability.

DMaLSE aims at gaining a deep understanding of management and leadership for safety practices in the context of nuclear dismantling projects to further develop a target and practice oriented, scientific based training and education for the actors involved in the decommissioning of nuclear power plants.