Purpose-led leadership model with embedded sustainability for nuclear decommissioning

This research will develop a purpose-led leadership model which embeds sustainability behaviour within the NDA group and its supply chain by making sustainability the gold standard against which 'good leadership' is measured. Transforming the culture of the complex and interdependent context of the NDA in this way, requires a systems perspective that emphasises the purposeful work of leadership at all levels and organisations as well as the diverse and emerging interpretations and solutions of sustainability. It also requests a purpose-led leadership model that is tailored to the specific challenges faced in a highly regulated organisational environment that requires balancing safety, security, and cost-effectiveness commitments with sustainability opportunities, and ensuring projects remain flexible to respond to emerging sustainability challenges and opportunities whilst maintaining commitment to plans. By developing a purpose-led leadership framework which embeds sustainability behaviour systemically in a highly regulated environment, the research will catalyse the development of cultures that truly value sustainability, cultivation of individual and collective capacity to take actions and decisions that have a lasting, positive sustainability impact, and raise the level of ambition and quicken the pace of change with respect to sustainability. This project is part of the Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in SATURN (Skills And Training Underpinning a Renaissance in Nuclear) and includes technical training in the nuclear fuel cycle to ensure all candidates are familiar with the nuclear sector, and specialist research skills training.