[en] In most OECD member countries which are committed to nuclear power generation, the nuclear programmes are fairly stable; construction of new power plants is currently infrequent or cannot be expected at all in the near future. Although retirements from the industry create new openings at a fairly high rate, an impression often prevails among the younger generation that there is a lack of future prospects for satisfying careers in nuclear industries. Under these circumstances there is a growing concern that it might be difficult for nuclear industries to secure or to keep qualified people in the future. This concern has already been recognized in some Member countries and actions necessary to ensure the availability of qualified people in the nuclear fields have been taken or are planned. This study does not deal with the manpower situation as a whole, but examines the situation of qualified manpower who have professional occupations as engineers and scientists with at least a first college degree or equivalent qualification. As evidenced by a country by country inquiry, the manpower situation in each country depends on its nuclear power programme. This study in principle treated the manpower demand attributed to OECD/NEA Member Countries nuclear programmes which were described in the Nuclear Energy Data published by the OECD/NEA covering from the year 1989 up the year 2005. The inquiry was conducted along a seven sector subdivision and occupations under these major sectors were classified into engineers such as nuclear and chemical engineers, and scientists such as physicists and chemists. The following countries have provided data on their qualified manpower: Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. The quality of the data is not as good as that of regular national statistical surveys. Furthermore, the coverage and detail of the data vary between countries. Nevertheless, they support a number of general observations