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DataGlance Launches eScheduling, an AI-Assisted Work Scheduling Solution for Nuclear and Other Asset-Intensive Industries, Developed in Partnership with Indeavor

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DataGlance | eScheduling | AI assisted online and outage work scheduling

DataGlance, Inc. today announced the launch of eScheduling, an AI-assisted work scheduling solution designed to optimize online and outage maintenance schedules across nuclear power plants, U.S. Department of War and Department of Energy national laboratories, nuclear fuel manufacturers, military shipyards, and other asset-intensive industries. Version 1 of eScheduling is available for purchase now with customer implementations beginning in the second quarter of 2027.

eScheduling is being developed by DataGlance in partnership with Indeavor, a workforce execution platform with deep experience scheduling named personnel during commercial nuclear online and outage periods. The solution pairs DataGlance’s highly configurable user interface and workflow engine with Indeavor’s and other partners’ artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies to coordinate labor, parts and materials, and maintenance and test equipment (M&TE) resources while minimizing schedule duration, operational risk, dose, hazard exposure, and cost.

eScheduling supports both online and outage maintenance scheduling through vertical and horizontal schedule reviews that optimize critical path duration and improve coordination across operations and maintenance organizations. The solution intelligently bundles compatible activities so single equipment tagouts and retest activities support multiple work orders; reducing equipment unavailability, minimizing post-maintenance testing, and decreasing overall labor requirements. It also manages parts and materials availability by accounting for procurement lead times, automating inventory reservations, projecting stockout and reorder dates, and identifying obsolete-material risks before they impact execution.

eScheduling was conceived and functionally designed by Nathan Ives, Executive Vice President of DataGlance, drawing on his U.S. Navy nuclear submarine and shipyard overhaul/decommissioning experience, years as a U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission-licensed Senior Reactor Operator supporting commercial nuclear online and outage operations, and experience advising commercial nuclear plant leaders on outage and online performance improvement.

“Everyone who stood a watch or lived through an outage knows how many moving parts need to line up at once — people, parts, tools, and time, all against a clock and a risk profile that never sits still,” said Nathan Ives, DataGlance Executive Vice President. “eScheduling was designed the way I wish a scheduling tool worked when I was the one building and executing those schedules, and it reflects DataGlance’s decades of building technical solutions for the commercial and military nuclear industries.”

“Scheduling is one of the highest-leverage, highest-risk disciplines in nuclear operations, and it has not kept pace with the rest of the digital plant,” said Ashok Shetty, DataGlance President and Chief Executive Officer. “eScheduling brings together Nathan’s operational nuclear scheduling expertise, DataGlance’s configurable platform, and Indeavor’s workforce execution technology to give schedulers a tool that reflects how online and outage work actually gets scheduled and executed.”

Indeavor brings more than two decades of experience enforcing compliance, fatigue rules, and fair assignments at the exact moment a shift is filled, including five years of nuclear production use at two U.S. nuclear power plants and deployment across more than 300 sites in 25+ countries. Through this partnership, Indeavor is extending that same execution-first approach to named-personnel scheduling for commercial nuclear online and outage work inside the eScheduling solution.

“Getting the right qualified, compliant, and rested person into the right shift the moment it is filled is exactly the problem Indeavor was built to solve. That means enforcing fatigue rules, collective bargaining agreements, and every other constraint governing who can work a shift, and nuclear outages raise the stakes on every one of those variables. Partnering with DataGlance lets us bring that execution-first discipline directly into outage and online resource loading, instead of layering it on afterward,” said Brandon Schwarz, CEO of Indeavor.

Recognizing that experienced schedulers remain central to successful maintenance planning, eScheduling enables users to review and modify AI-generated schedules throughout the scheduling process. These refinements are incorporated into the solution’s continuous learning process, allowing the underlying generative AI models to improve over time while remaining aligned with organizational practices and operational objectives. eScheduling’s configurable, workflow-driven scheduling process can be tailored to organization-specific online and outage work management processes, business rules, and user interface requirements.

eScheduling is fully integrated with DataGlance’s other AI-assisted mobile and digital solutions, providing end-to-end operations, maintenance, and engineering work processing and execution support to asset-intensive organizations. Like the rest of the DataGlance platform, eScheduling is developed in collaboration with experienced leaders and staff from leading energy, defense, and industrial organizations, and is designed to support the industry regulations, standards, and best practices governing maintenance planning, scheduling, engineering, work execution, and operational excellence.

For more information on eScheduling and the complete DataGlance solution portfolio, visit www.dataglance.com/escheduling.

About DataGlance

DataGlance is a leading provider of AI-assisted work planning, scheduling, operations, maintenance, and engineering work management, document and media management solutions for asset-intensive organizations. DataGlance’s ePlan, eEngineer, eWork, eDocument, and eKnowledge solution suites support commercial nuclear, U.S. Department of War and Department of Energy national laboratories, nuclear fuel manufacturing, military shipbuilding, and other complex, highly regulated industries. Headquartered in Fremont, California, DataGlance combines decades of commercial and military nuclear industry operating experience with modern software design to improve safety, reliability, and operational performance. For more information, please visit www.dataglance.com.

About Indeavor

Indeavor is a workforce execution platform that has enforced compliance, fatigue rules, and fair assignment at the exact moment a shift is filled, rather than after the fact, since 2003. Indeavor is the leading provider of employee scheduling and workforce execution software for complex, 24/7 operations, serving more than 150,000 users across 300-plus sites in 25+ countries, including five years of nuclear production use at two commercial U.S. nuclear power plants. Headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin, Indeavor is partnering with DataGlance to extend that same execution-first approach across the nuclear industry. For more information, please visit www.indeavor.com.

DataGlance Announces Production Go-Live of eDocument Dynamic Instructions Solution at U.S. Department of War Laboratory

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DataGlance, eDocument, Dynamic Instructions, Computer Based Procedures, Digital Document Revision Management, eInstruction, eRevision, ePerform

DataGlance, Inc. (DataGlance), a leading provider of enterprise asset management and dynamic instructions (DI) solutions for the commercial nuclear, and defense sectors, today announced the successful production go-live of its eDocument Dynamic Instructions and Digital Document Revision Management solution at a U.S. Department of War laboratory. The go-live marks the culmination of a multi-phase implementation supporting the design, testing, and operational deployment of dynamic, human-factored work instructions across the laboratory’s engineering and field organizations.

eDocument is DataGlance’s suite of dynamic instruction and electronic document management solutions, comprising three integrated modules:

  • eInstruction, which enables engineering and planning personnel to create human-factored, computer-based dynamic work instructions executed by field personnel on mobile tablet devices;
  • eRevision, an electronic document management and revision control system supporting version control, on-the-spot change processes, and document review and approval workflows that meet ANSI document change management requirements; and
  • ePerform, a procedure-based electronic work package solution that converts procedure-driven work into a fully mobile, guided execution process.

Together, these three modules provide an end-to-end digital solution spanning instruction creation, document control, and field execution.

The eInstruction Dynamic Instructions solution enables laboratory personnel to build and execute guided, if/then/else logic-based digital procedures on desktop and mobile tablet devices, with real-time system data feeds, continuous job status visibility, and both connected and disconnected operation in the field. The solution integrates documents, drawings, and multimedia work products directly into the digital work instruction, giving technicians and engineers a single, authoritative source for procedure execution and data capture.

“Reaching production go-live at a U.S. Department of War laboratory is a proud moment for our entire team. It reflects the trust the U.S. Department of War placed in our people and our platform, and it reflects the exceptional caliber of nuclear operations experience that DataGlance brings to this mission.”

— Ashok Shetty, President & CEO, DataGlance

The design of the solution’s dynamic instruction framework drew heavily on the military and commercial operational and regulatory backgrounds of key DataGlance leaders: Nathan Ives, Executive Vice President, and Russ Austin, Director of Business Programs. Nathan Ives is a former U.S. Navy nuclear submarine officer and NRC-licensed Senior Reactor Operator whose career includes procedure development and revision management responsibilities in both military and commercial nuclear operations. Russ Austin brought complementary military and commercial nuclear operations and procedure development experience to the effort. Together, their firsthand understanding of how procedures are written, revised, validated, and used at the point of work directly shaped the human-factored design of the dynamic instruction workflows delivered to the laboratory.

Beyond this project team, the broader DataGlance technology organization brings deep commercial nuclear industry experience to every solution it builds. That experience — spanning plant operations, maintenance, work management, and technology implementation — informed the development of the eDocument platform’s underlying architecture and its application to the laboratory’s unique operating environment.

“This project was personal for Russ and me. We have both served in the United States Navy with a procedure in hand, and our solution design input reflected the way we would have wanted it built when we were the ones executing the work. Seeing it go live in support of the U.S. Department of War’s mission, and the men and women who carry it out, is exactly why we do this work.”

— Nathan Ives, Executive Vice President, DataGlance

DataGlance takes particular pride in supporting the U.S. Department of War and the service members and civilian personnel who work every day to keep the nation free and secure. The company views its work at Department of War facilities as an extension of the same mission focus and technical rigor that its team members brought to their own military and commercial nuclear careers.

About DataGlance

DataGlance is a provider of AI-enhanced enterprise asset management software and services to the Nuclear and Defense Industries. DataGlance’s solutions combine deep Nuclear and Defense Industry operational expertise with enterprise AI capabilities to help customers measurably improve the safety, accuracy, and efficiency of their maintenance and asset management programs. For more information, visit www.dataglance.com.

DataGlance Begins Implementation of eDocument and eEngineering Solutions at Major Nuclear Fuel Manufacturing Facility

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DataGlance eEngineering, digitized engineering work management solution

DataGlance, a provider of AI-enhanced enterprise asset management software and services to the Nuclear and Defense industries, today announced the kickoff of implementation of its eDocument and eEngineering solutions at a major nuclear fuel manufacturing facility in the United States. The implementation will support approximately 1,000 eDocument users and 200 eEngineering users across the facility and its supporting offsite organization.

eDocument consists of three modules – eInstruction, eRevision, and ePerform.  eInstruction is DataGlance’s computer-based procedures / dynamic instructions solution that converts existing Microsoft Word and PDF procedures into dynamic, computer-guided work instructions and forms. eRevision provides full Electronic Document Management System supporting version control, on-the-spot change processes, and document review and approval workflows that meet ANSI document and NIRMA records management requirements. Finally, ePerform electronic work packages support mobile execution of dynamic instructions and other digital documents via iOS, Windows, and Android tables and smartphones. eDocument meets Nuclear Industry regulatory requirements and INPO, WANO, EPRI, ANSI, NIRMA, and PPA standards.

eEngineering is DataGlance’s engineering change management solution, automating activities including drawing and design basis management, configuration maintenance, setpoint management, parts equivalency evaluations, system health evaluations, preventive and predictive maintenance plan assessments, and plant and facility modifications. The solution automatically generates electronic engineering work packages with predefined execution, review, and approval workflows, enforcing established regulatory requirements, industry best practices, and the facility’s own business rules throughout the engineering change process. eEngineering integrates seamlessly with eDocument and DataGlance’s broader eWork and eKnowledge solutions.

“Engineering change management and dynamic work instructions are two of the most consequential functions in any nuclear manufacturing environment — they directly shape safety, quality, and regulatory compliance outcomes. The eEngineering functional design draws directly on my experience designing engineering work management processes at two Fortune 200 nuclear utilities and for the world’s largest offshore oil drilling company, in each case translating that process design into enterprise software actually used by engineers in the field. Beginning this implementation is a significant milestone for DataGlance, and we are proud to bring this combined capability to a nuclear fuel manufacturing environment where the standards for precision and documentation are among the highest in any industry.”

— Nathan A. Ives, Executive Vice President, DataGlance

DataGlance’s eEngineering solution was functionally designed by Nathan Ives, DataGlance Executive Vice President, drawing on his prior experience designing engineering work management processes at two Fortune 200 nuclear utilities and for the world’s largest offshore oil drilling company, including the implementation of those processes through enterprise software. The eDocument solution’s design reflects DataGlance’s and its employees’ direct experience with nuclear operations, maintenance, and the procedures that govern those functions — including the firsthand operational backgrounds of Ives and Russell Austin, DataGlance Director of Business Programs, both of whom served in the U.S. Navy’s nuclear program before moving into commercial nuclear industry careers.

The implementation now underway includes conversion of the facility’s existing procedures into DataGlance’s computer-based procedure format, configuration of engineering change management workflows to the facility’s specific business rules and regulatory requirements, and deployment of desktop and mobile applications across the facility and its supporting offsite organization. DataGlance’s solutions are designed to integrate with the facility’s existing enterprise systems, supporting a combined work environment spanning dynamic work instructions, document control, and engineering change management.

DataGlance views this implementation as an important extension of its nuclear industry digital solutions into nuclear fuel manufacturing, complementing its existing work supporting nuclear power generation, defense, and nuclear manufacturing clients. Additional information on DataGlance’s solutions is available at www.dataglance.com.

About DataGlance

DataGlance is a provider of AI-enhanced enterprise asset management software and services to the Nuclear and Defense industries. DataGlance’s solutions combine deep nuclear industry operational expertise with enterprise AI capabilities to help clients measurably improve the efficiency, accuracy, and compliance of their maintenance and asset management programs. For more information, visit www.dataglance.com.

DataGlance Completes eDocument Implementation at One of the Largest U.S. Defense Contractors

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DataGlance, a provider of AI-enhanced enterprise asset management software to the Nuclear and Defense Industries, announced that its eDocument dynamic instruction and electronic document revision management solution is now in production use at one of the largest U.S. Defense contractors, driving the construction, overhaul, and decommissioning of critical assets for the U.S. military. The solution is actively guiding engineering and planning personnel and frontline technicians through complex, high-consequence work – replacing manual, paper-based processes with a digital system built for the standards this work demands.

eDocument is DataGlance’s suite of dynamic instruction and electronic document management solutions, comprising three integrated modules:

  • eInstruction, which enables engineering and planning personnel to create human-factored, computer-based dynamic work instructions executed by field personnel on mobile tablet devices;
  • eRevision, an electronic document management and revision control system supporting version control, on-the-spot change processes, and document review and approval workflows that meet ANSI document change management requirements; and
  • ePerform, a procedure-based electronic work package solution that converts procedure-driven work into a fully mobile, guided execution process.

Together, these three modules provide an end-to-end digital solution spanning instruction creation, document control, and field execution.

The implemented solution supports the customer’s engineering and planning personnel in developing structured, data-collecting digital work instructions that guide field workers through complex construction, overhaul, and decommissioning activities. These instructions can be augmented with supporting documents, drawings, technical manuals, and image, audio, and video media, with all execution data captured and made available to authorized personnel and connected systems. The solution is designed to reduce administrative burden, minimize error-prone manual processes, and improve the consistency and traceability of work performed on assets critical to national defense.

“Few organizations understand the discipline required to construct, overhaul, and responsibly decommission military assets quite like the engineers and technicians we supported through this implementation. Our team’s direct experience serving within the U.S. military gave us a working understanding of the standards this work demands, long before we wrote a line of software code or performed the first configuration. Completing this implementation is a meaningful milestone, and we are proud of what it represents for the men and women who build and maintain the fleet that defends this country.”

— Nathan Ives, Executive Vice President, DataGlance, USNA Class of 1992

DataGlance’s ability to understand and deliver this solution is rooted directly in its senior leadership’s U.S. Navy service. Nathan Ives, DataGlance Executive Vice President, is a 1992 graduate of the United States Naval Academy and served as a nuclear engineer qualified officer aboard a U.S. Navy fast attack submarine. Russell Austin, DataGlance Director of Business Programs, served for 20 years aboard several U.S. Navy nuclear aircraft carriers and within their supporting shipyards. That firsthand operational and shipyard experience is further reinforced by a DataGlance technology team that has spent the past 25 years developing award-winning digital solutions for the commercial nuclear electric generation industry – a combination of military and commercial nuclear expertise that DataGlance believes is unique among providers serving the defense sector.

DataGlance views the completion of this implementation as a significant step in extending its Nuclear Industry digital solutions to the Defense Industry and anticipates the experience gained will inform future engagements supporting the construction, repair, and sustainment of military assets. Additional information regarding DataGlance’s solutions is available at www.dataglance.com.

About DataGlance

DataGlance is a provider of AI-enhanced enterprise asset management software and services to the Nuclear and Defense Industries. DataGlance’s solutions combine deep Nuclear and Defense Industry operational expertise with enterprise AI capabilities to help customers measurably improve the safety, accuracy, and efficiency of their maintenance and asset management programs. For more information, visit www.dataglance.com.

DataGlance Begins Implementation of ePlanning AI-Assisted Work Planning Solution at U.S. Nuclear Power Plant

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DataGlance, ePlanning, AI-Assisted Work Planning, Corrective Maintenance, Preventive Maintenance

DataGlance, a provider of AI-enhanced enterprise asset management software to the Nuclear and Defense industries, today announced the implementation kickoff of its ePlanning generative AI-assisted work planning solution at a commercial nuclear power plant in the United States. The implementation marks the first commercial deployment of ePlanning, which DataGlance developed in partnership with Nuclearn, a provider of generative AI technology purpose-built for the nuclear industry.

ePlanning is an AI-assisted work planning solution that supports the development of corrective maintenance work packages for online and outage activities. The solution combines DataGlance’s user interface, configurable workflows, and enterprise system integrations with Nuclearn’s nuclear-specific generative AI engine to create task lists, automatically assign labor, parts, tools, permits, and other work required resources while enforcing consistent work order content and formatting standards – drawing on the decades of historic work performance data unique to each facility. The solution continuously improves through a generative AI model that learns from planner adjustments and technician feedback throughout the work planning and execution processes.

Nuclear utility leaders and planners participating in ePlanning’s design have identified corrective maintenance work order planning as one of the most time- and labor-intensive functions within nuclear maintenance work management. ePlanning is targeted to reduce corrective maintenance work package planning time by up to 50 percent while driving near 100 percent planning consistency through enforced work order content and formatting standards – improvements expected to free planning staff to focus on higher-value technical judgment rather than administrative research and formatting, while improving work execution safety, accuracy, and efficiency.

“Work planning is one of the most consequential functions in nuclear maintenance – it shapes safety, schedule, and cost outcomes long before a technician ever picks up a tool. ePlanning was designed from the outset around how planners actually think and work, and it has been refined through direct collaboration with utility leaders and planners at two nuclear utilities who brought their frontline experience to its design. Beginning implementation at our first host site is a significant milestone, and we are grateful to our utility partners and Nuclearn for their shared commitment that brought ePlanning from concept to deployment.”

— Nathan A. Ives, Executive Vice President, DataGlance

DataGlance’s role in the partnership encompasses the ePlanning user interface, configurable workflows, and the software interfaces connecting ePlanning to a utility’s enterprise asset management, document management, and work management systems. Nuclearn provides the underlying generative AI engine that powers ePlanning’s task generation, resource assignment, and continuous model improvement. The implementation now underway includes solution configuration, system integration, and a multi-month refinement period intended to accelerate the host utility’s effective use of the solution following go-live.

ePlanning’s functional design originated with Nathan Ives, DataGlance Executive Vice President and former USNRC licensed senior reactor operator, who conceived the solution’s initial work planning workflow, automated resource assignment approach, and continuous improvement model based on decades of combined nuclear operations and enterprise software design experience. That initial design was then refined collaboratively with input from utility leaders and planners at two nuclear utilities, ensuring the solution reflects the realities of day-to-day planning work across different organizational processes and business rules. DataGlance and Nuclearn have additionally committed direct executive involvement throughout the implementation and refinement period to support the host utility’s successful adoption of the solution.

DataGlance expects the current implementation to serve as a model for future ePlanning deployments across the nuclear industry, as utilities increasingly seek to apply generative AI to reduce administrative burden on planning staff while improving work package quality and consistency. Additional details regarding ePlanning’s functionality and value proposition are available at www.dataglance.com/eplanning.

About DataGlance

DataGlance is a provider of AI-enhanced enterprise asset management software and services to the Nuclear and Defense industries. DataGlance’s solutions combine deep industry operational expertise with enterprise AI capabilities to help customers measurably improve the safety, quality, and efficiency of their maintenance and asset management programs. For more information, visit www.dataglance.com.

About Nuclearn

Nuclearn provides generative artificial intelligence technology purpose-built for the nuclear industry, powering the AI engine behind DataGlance’s ePlanning solution.  For more information, visit www.nuclearn.ai.

DataGlance Executive Vice President Nathan Ives Contributes to EPRI Nuclear Maintenance Planning Standard

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DataGlance, a provider of AI-enhanced enterprise asset management software and services to the Nuclear and Defense industries, today announced that Nathan Ives, Executive Vice President, contributed to the Electric Power Research Institute’s (EPRI) Maintenance Work Planning Guidance, Revision 3 (EPRI Report No. 3002032007, 2025). Specifically, Ives wrote Section 9.7.1, Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Work Planning, providing the Nuclear Industry’s first authoritative guidance on the functional design and operational integration of AI-assisted work planning solutions in nuclear maintenance environments.

EPRI is the world’s foremost independent research and development organization serving the global electric power industry. Founded in 1972, EPRI produces the technical standards, guidelines, and research that utilities across the United States and internationally rely upon to operate safely, efficiently, and reliably. EPRI’s technical reports are considered among the most authoritative references in nuclear power generation, and inclusion as a contributing author represents a significant recognition of both technical expertise and industry standing.

Ives’ contribution spans the complete lifecycle of AI-assisted work package development in nuclear maintenance environments. His section addresses the design and integration requirements for AI-assisted work planning solutions, covering initial work order creation, scope and task definition and approval, resource assignment, work order approval workflows, and generative AI performance monitoring and continuous improvement. The guidance is designed to help nuclear utilities adopt AI tools that reduce the time required to develop accurate, complete, and regulatory-compliant work packages while continuously improving through planner and technician feedback.

“The nuclear power industry operates to standards that leave no margin for ambiguity and EPRI’s guidelines reflect that expectation. Being invited to author the AI-assisted work planning section of this revision reflects DataGlance’s position at the intersection of nuclear operational expertise and enterprise AI software development. I am proud that this guidance will help shape how nuclear utilities evaluate, implement, and continuously improve AI work planning tools as the industry advances.”

— Nathan A. Ives, Executive Vice President, DataGlance

Ives brings more than three decades of nuclear industry and enterprise AI experience spanning roles as a U.S. Navy Nuclear Submarine Officer, NRC-licensed Senior Reactor Operator, INPO Senior Operations Evaluator, and Big 4 Nuclear Practice Leader. His work with nuclear utility leaders produced measurable operational and financial results: an accelerated plant cooldown approach saving approximately 12 hours and $500,000 in outage cost; work management and supply chain improvements identifying over $200 million in spare parts inventory reductions and yielding more than $1 million in annual expediting cost savings. At DataGlance, Ives conceived and led the commercial launch of the company’s enterprise AI-assisted work planning software — a platform he designed to reduce corrective maintenance work package planning time by up to 50 percent — and whose performance and design principles directly informed his contribution to this EPRI guideline.

The publication of Maintenance Work Planning Guidance, Revision 3 marks the first time EPRI has included dedicated guidance on artificial intelligence in the nuclear maintenance work planning process, reflecting the industry’s growing adoption of AI-assisted tools to improve work package quality, planning efficiency, and regulatory compliance. The report is published for use by nuclear utility work planners, maintenance supervisors, and work management professionals across the United States and internationally.

About DataGlance
DataGlance is a leading provider of AI-enhanced enterprise asset management software to the Nuclear and Defense Industries. DataGlance’s solutions combine deep Nuclear and Military Industry operational expertise with enterprise AI capabilities to help clients measurably improve the safety, efficiency, accuracy, and compliance of their maintenance and asset management programs. For more information, visit www.dataglance.com.

 

The Digital Nuclear Workforce

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The Digital Nuclear Workforce | SlideShare | Electronic Work Package | Computer Based Procedures | Dynamic Work Instructions | Dynamic Instructions

The Digital Nuclear Workforce of tomorrow will be smaller and accomplish more while driving plants to be increasingly safe, highly reliable, and more cost effective. This presentation addressed:

  • What will the Digital Nuclear Workforce achieve?
  • What does the Digital Nuclear Workforce look like?
  • Who are Digital Nuclear Workers?
  • Sourcing the Digital Nuclear Workforce
  • Adopting the Digital Nuclear Workforce