Nuclear Fuel Cycle Process Engineer

Profession will appear after 2035
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Energetics

The proposed construction of a nuclear power plant on the territory of Kazakhstan will require the supply of nuclear fuel. Such production is localized in several countries due to the complexity of the technology. Technologies for producing nuclear fuel without complicated uranium enrichment procedures are being developed. This will allow Kazakhstan to become completely independent in the provision of nuclear fuel.

The novelty of the profession: solving new problems: developing nuclear fuel. (The profession is new for Kazakhstan) 

Key competencies:

  • Development of nuclear fuel fabrication processes
  • Control of technological processes for obtaining nuclear fuel

Over-professional skills

The ability of a specialist to combine (summarize) particular facts into a big picture, build hierarchical levels for understanding various situations (economic, political, business) and making long-term decisions. An important quality is the understanding of how a change in one element will subsequently affect other elements.

The importance of systemic thinking is increasing due to the acceleration of changes in life, the need to learn new professions, as well as the growing interpenetration of various areas in each other (social networks, economics, politics, production, etc.).

Specialists with systemic thinking skills will be able to solve such problems, make strong long-term decisions in the context of rapid changes in the economy, diagnose large technical and social systems, make decisions on eliminating the root causes that hinder development, and this skill will allow for the integration of various project teams into a single working organism.

skill

Systemic thinking

Environmental thinking is focused on achieving harmony between business and the environment. A business cycle is already developing from creation to disposal of a product, and not just its sale and consumption. Environmental thinking puts health and sustainable development at the top of the list.

The importance of environmental thinking is increasing due to the fact that industrial development has reached the limit and all further models of sustainable growth of society, the economy and business should be built on the basis of mutual interests with nature, the ecosystem, its maintenance and development.

Specialists with environmental thinking skills will be able to solve such problems as: respect for resources, achieving zero emission of harmful substances into the environment, waste management and use of secondary resources

skill

Environmental thinking

Educational institutions

education

East Kazakhstan State Technical University named after D. Serikbaeva

https://www.ektu.kz/contacts.aspx?lang=ru

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education

Kazakh National University. Al-Farabi

https://www.kaznu.kz/ru

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