ENELA Leadership Cycle
ENELA Leadership Cycle (ELC) candidates are future top-level managers. ELC aims to give high-potential professionals and senior managers – with technical and non-technical backgrounds – a broad understanding of the global nuclear energy sector.
We will prepare them to take on additional and greater responsibilities and see our fellows as ‘leaders-to-be’ in serving the global nuclear energy industry and its stakeholders.
A unique teaching experience
ENELA's fresh approach will foster fellows’ involvement and encourage them to take a 360° look at pertinent issues. The cycle covers the whole nuclear value chain and is designed to fully equip candidates as they prepare to move toward the next levels of leadership and management in their professional spheres.
High-level lectures will include introductions by fellows and an in-depth Q&A session that is prepared and managed by fellows or working groups. A ‘quiz’ format will be used to really test knowledge and enhance development with teamwork, interacting with presentations and testing problem-solving abilities.
Case studies and long-term projects (where groups will give extensive consideration to strategic issues) will draw on real-life experiences such as those of nuclear energy managers.
Fellows will be immersed in the total nuclear environment through visits to nuclear facilities, special events and team-building exercises. The methodology will comprise a balance of lectures, group work and facility visits.
When training is complete, an alumni network will be established to ensure that fellows can continue to build on the ENELA experience and maintain contacts with the academy while networking with each other.
Delivering high-quality content
A ‘Terms of Reference’ manual, prepared by the ENELA team and reviewed by mentors, ensures programme managers have the tools they need and fellows will work within a complete study programme.
ELC is not a patchwork of studies and ideas – it is a specifically-designed, practical approach to prepare fellows for the future by examining all key issues impacting the nuclear energy industry. Click on the image (right) for an overview of the programme in pdf format
ELC Modules
There is a standard weekly timetable for all fellows, who arrive on a Sunday evening and complete each week’s training the following Friday evening. Saturday mornings are reserved for long-term projects. To encourage self-reliance, each group will be required to take responsibility for the management of long-term projects.
Week 1: Energy / Nuclear – including energy demand, political factors related to the importance of nuclear, and the structure of the nuclear power industry and relevant institutions.
Week 2: Nuclear Power Plants – including design principles, operational and maintenance issues, research and development topics and the simulation and evaluation of normal and accidental sequences.
Week 3: Fuel Cycle – covering general aspects of the complete nuclear fuel cycle, looking at not just the technical, chemical and physical aspects but also giving broader knowledge of related issues and processes.
Week 4: Nuclear Safety – including a survey of physical and biological effects of ionising radiation on living creatures and insights including the physics of nuclear reactors and fuel cycle facilities including transportation issues.
Week 5: Legal Aspects and International Context – including coverage of nuclear safety legal frameworks, licensing, rules relating to radiation protection, and international approaches to the nuclear fuel cycle and non-proliferation.
Weeks 6 & 7: Nuclear Business Issues – with a focus on economic issues, business risk in relation to nuclear and an outline of a typical roadmap for the construction of a new nuclear plant in terms of the perspective of investors and financing organisations.
Leadership, Management & Communication will be a permanent feature across the whole course. It will focus on nuclear specific aspects in communication, crisis management, change management, team spirit, and safety culture.
