DIVESTMENT (WORKER TRANSITION) IN THE CIVIL UK NUCLEAR INDUSTRY

Between 1994 and 1997 UKAEA adopted a policy whereby they would divest a number of non-core teams from their UK sites to contracting organisations This paper describes the process undergone on one particular divestment contract, that undertaken by NUKEM Nuclear Ltd (NUKEM) at the Winfrith Technology centre, describing the work undertaken and highlighting the successes and problems encountered with the process.