Title: Nuclear knowledge management

Authors: Yanko Yanev

Addresses: Nuclear Knowledge Management Unit, IAEA, Wagrammer strasse 5, 1400 Vienna, Austria

Abstract: Nuclear knowledge has been developed and accumulated over decades of research on and development of nuclear technologies for power and non-power applications. This article is an attempt to summarise the development of nuclear knowledge in the past, its present status and unique characteristics and define a concept of nuclear knowledge management. It then outlines how nuclear knowledge management programmes can contribute to meeting a number of higher-level objectives in the future development and application of nuclear technologies.

Keywords: nuclear knowledge management; knowledge management characteristics; knowledge management strategy; nuclear energy; nuclear power.

DOI: 10.1504/IJNKM.2009.026559

International Journal of Nuclear Knowledge Management, 2009 Vol.3 No.2, pp.115 - 124

Published online: 19 Jun 2009 *

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