This publication provides practical guidance and information to Member States on how to manage nuclear safety knowledge at the national level, beyond the boundaries of individual organizations. It describes the underlying concepts, challenges and available approaches and tools, as well as summarizing the experience gained by Member States to date. The publication is in line with the ultimate objective of all nuclear safety knowledge management activities, which is to sustain and improve the competence of individuals and the capacity of organizations or countries to use such knowledge effectively and responsibly.

• 1. INTRODUCTION
  • 1.1. Background
  • 1.2. Objective
  • 1.3. Scope
  • 1.4. Structure
• 2. Conceptual basis
  • 2.1. Knowledge
  • 2.2. Knowledge management
  • 2.3. Nuclear safety knowledge management
  • 2.4. Nuclear safety knowledge management: Roles and responsibilities
• 3. Drivers and benefits
  • 3.1. General drivers and benefits
    • 3.1.1. Achieve safe operation
    • 3.1.2. Support culture for safety
    • 3.1.3. Support leadership and management for safety
    • 3.1.4. Support the integrated (systemic) approach to nuclear safety
    • 3.1.5. Achieve efficiency gains
    • 3.1.6. Support intergenerational knowledge transfer
    • 3.1.7. Facilitate innovation and learning
    • 3.1.8. Identify and protect sensitive knowledge
    • 3.1.9. Contribute to an efficient and effective response in a nuclear or radiological emergency
    • 3.1.10. Support public awareness
    • 3.1.11. Support capacity building
  • 3.2. National level drivers and considerations
    • 3.2.1. The role of governments
    • 3.2.2. Involving all interested parties
    • 3.2.3. Linking organizations through knowledge interfaces
    • 3.2.4. Planning human resources at the national level
    • 3.2.5. Cross-organizational learning
    • 3.2.6. Avoiding knowledge loss
    • 3.2.7. Transferring and preserving knowledge
    • 3.2.8. Achieving knowledge resilience over longer timescales
    • 3.2.9. Changing policy environments
    • 3.2.10. Addressing changes in the knowledge base
    • 3.2.11. Managing technological change
    • 3.2.12. Managing societal change
    • 3.2.13. Considering starting or restarting nuclear programmes
    • 3.2.14. Linking to regional and international activities
    • 3.2.15. Developing a national memory
    • 3.2.16. Ensuring appropriate resources for national level activities
    • 3.2.17. Nuclear safety knowledge management in the context of emergency preparedness and response
    • 3.2.18. Considering intellectual property
• 4. Approaches and experience gained in Member States
  • 4.1. Nuclear knowledge management survey results
  • 4.2. Coordinated national approach
    • 4.2.1. National strategy or national coordination mechanism
    • 4.2.2. Features
    • 4.2.3. Content
  • 4.3. National nuclear safety knowledge maps
  • 4.4. Experience gained in Member States
• 5. Summary
• REFERENCES
• CONTRIBUTORS TO DRAFTING AND REVIEW