LONDON, England, 7 May 2012—One of the greater challenges for countries pursuing the path to energy independence through the establishment of their own sovereign nuclear power plant programme is human resources -

A conference and training on the new NPHR (Nuclear Power Human Resources) software planning tool will be presented by the IX Power Foundation 10-12 September 2012.
the availability and training of a knowledgeable workforce to construct and safely operate nuclear power plants. To assist in meeting this challenge, the non-profit IX Power Foundation http://www.IXPower.com is offering a conference on human resource planning and an introductory training session on NPHR, the unique human resource planning and modeling software tool for the nuclear power industry created at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) http://www.iaea.org. The three-day event, supported by the Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) http://www.niauk.org and Technology Ventures Corporation http://techventures.org will be held September 10-12, 2012 in London at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies http://ials.sas.ac.uk. Information about attending the training can be obtained by visiting the website: http://www.IXPower.com/NPHRtrain.
The NPHR tool was licensed to the IX Power Foundation by LANL to distribute it globally and provide training on how to utilize it effectively. Continue reading →