Workshop on Modelling Employment in the Nuclear Power Sector

The Barakah nuclear power plant. Photo: ENEC, United Arab Emirates.

Description

The workshop on 'Modelling Employment in the Nuclear Power Sector' was held at NEA Headquarters in Issy-les-Moulineaux on 13-14 February 2014. It gathered 14 experts from five NEA member countries (France, Germany, Russian Federation, Turkey and the United States), and the International Atomic Energy Agency. 

The participants, representing the nuclear power industry modelling community, shared their views on how best to model the nuclear power industry and its employment.

Programme

Introduction

 
Session I: Input-Output Modelling of the Nuclear Power Sector
Chair: Ron Cameron
 

Session II: Modelling Employment in the Nuclear Power Sector
Chair: Victoria Alexeeva-Talebi

 

Session III: Guidelines for Modelling the Nuclear Power Sector
Chair: G. Rothwell

 

Discussion on the issue of appropriate Input-Output modelling of the nuclear power sector

  • What constitutes the nuclear power sector?
  • What model(s) are best able to represent the nuclear power sector?
  • If I-O, how are production coefficients to be determined? (standard errors?)
  • If CGE, how would substitution elasticities be determined? (standard errors?)
  • How should changes over time be addressed?
 

Discussion of the issue of direct, indirect, and induced employment in the nuclear power sector

  • How should direct, indirect, and induced employment in the sector be calculated?
  • How can gross effects be distinguished from net effects? (What baseline?)
  • How can generic multipliers be used to determine employment effects?
  • How would multipliers change with technological change?
  • What modifications are required for application to other generating sectors?
Session IV: Guidelines for Modelling the Nuclear Power Employment
Chair: V. Alexeeva-Talebi

 

Discussion on future activities

Contact

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