[en] Italian past activities on FRs have produced a significant amount of knowledge and know-how. With respect to the objectives of FRKP Initiative, the Italian position is to contribute to: => reduce the risk and mitigate the consequences of the loss of knowledge and know-how on past activities on FRs in Italy; => preserve and make accessible (as appropriate) the existing information on FRs within an agreed framework (e.g. the FRKPI)

[en] National nuclear institutions worldwide are now confronted with the need to preserve nuclear knowledge accumulated over the past 50 years which may otherwise be lost due to the natural process of attrition and succession within their organizations. To address this concern, the PNRI has embarked on its nuclear knowledge management program which aims to institutionalize nuclear knowledge management through knowledge generation, knowledge transfer and sharing, knowledge codification and mapping, knowledge preservation and repositories, and communities of practice and networking, thereby ultimately ensuring the availability of trained manpower in nuclear science and technology. As a strategy to implement this program, the PNRI has enhanced its Linux-based Intranet and developed an on-line, web-based nuclear knowledge portal called the PNRI Web Center for Nuclear Knowledge Resources. The PNRI has made use of its participation in several nuclear networks, to enrich its knowledge pool and to foster knowledge transfer and sharing.

[en] Nuclear Knowledge Portals: 1. Focus on common theme (e.g. technology); 2. Central homepage for multiple services or resources related to theme; 3. Focus on “community with shared interest”; Possible service bundle examples: • knowledge repository or archive access; • related news and/or events; • e-learning (learning management system); • “social media” for organizational collaboration

[en] Description of the Fast Reactor Knowledge Organization System (FR-KOS), its features and functions

[en] Identification of critical knowledge is one of the important steps before any knowledge preservation activities can take place. Preserving all information including less priority knowledge materials is an ineffective way of doing it. By determining critical knowledge at the very beginning will eliminate such unnecessary waste of resources. It is suggested that Knowledge Loss Risk Assessment (KLRA) tool be used to determine the critical knowledge area of an organization before performing any knowledge retention activities. KLRA techniques were used in a nuclear research institute in Malaysia to assess the knowledge loss as part of its knowledge preservation programme. Coincidently, it was found that the tool or techniques could also be used to assist in the mapping process of critical knowledge areas. This paper describes the experience of implementing KLRA in a nuclear organization by illustrating how KLRA can assists in the mapping process of critical knowledge areas at the organizational level. The paper also discusses issues and challenges of implementing KLRA. (author)

[en] China has established the knowledge preservation and data collection system on FR preliminary and some data has been used to design new fast reactor, such as CFR600. • The best way to preserve FR knowledge is to construct a real fast reactor. All of the FR member countries should push FR commercialization forward together. • The agency could push the FR data collaboration based on some necessary roles

[en] Nuclear technology archives project at KAERI: Object & Expected Effects - • Establish the nuclear knowledge archives system: → Archive nuclear knowledge from 1959 to now; → Provide the base of progress and development of nuclear technology; • Promote to transfer and share the nuclear knowledge of KAERI for 50 years: → Transfer nuclear knowledge, lessons and experiences to the younger generation; → Facilitate knowledge sharing across projects and across departments

[en] Live demonstration of the Fast Reactor Knowledge Organization System (FR-KOS) and the Fast Reactor Knowledge Preservation Portal (FRKP) by the IAEA

[en] The summary of the radiological accidents from 1957 to 1997 occurred in Mexico is showed, including the analysis in terms of practice, and consequences. The study tries to establish the radiological knowledge of the people involved in the accident, their attitude to the safety, and retrospective review to the light of 30 years after. Nevertheless, due to the technological developments made to the equipment allow the use in a safe manner, so that the accident number has diminished in a important in a important quantity respect to the reported period, combined to the increased the radiological culture learned by the operation personnel in addition of qualification and awareness in this matter, at present is little probable that the mentioned accidents repeat now days with the same radiological affectations as those happened in the past. (author)

[en] Nowadays, IU have to face many challenges in order to keep pace with the rise of new models of information demands, the continuing improvements in IU and the need to apply alternative tools for knowledge sharing and preservation, among other issues. At the same time, IU from developing countries like those from LAC, frequently have to deal with constraints due to political and economical turmoil. As a networked community, RRIAN has proven to be a successful partnership approach for tackling these issues. Some of the key elements that have made possible this success are the following: - INIS as a common framework; - Nuclear information as a shared activity; - Easy communication due to the lack of language obstacles; - IU sharing similar goals, interests and commitment; - Recognition of similar problems and difficulties in ail RRIAN countries' - Adoption of local solutions to the Regional level. A further step for RRIAN is to include in its agenda the nuclear knowledge management and preservation issues, to keep pace with recent INIS ' initiatives aiming to continue contributing to achieve IAEA's objectives. Finally, it must be mentioned that the motto coined for RRIAN: ''Working together we are more useful'', represents IU's commitment to improve the availability of nuclear information in the Region.