A Challenge on Development of an Advanced Knowledge Management System (KMS) for Radioactive Waste Disposal: Moving from Theory to Practice

摘要: In recent years there has been much discussion on the topic of knowledge management in many areas nuclear science, particularly associated with renaissance and evident shortage skilled manpower (e.g. Yanev, 2008). More generally, however, exponentially expanding capacity computer systems parallels an explosion documentation databases supporting projects. This is nowhere more than field radioactive waste management, characterised, as it is, by extremely wide range disciplines involved very long project timescales Kawata et al., 2006; Umeki 2008; 2009). Although this may not yet be universally accepted, increasing evidence that rapid rate growth material complex technical projects – which we will term ‘knowledge’ rapidly reaching, if passing, point where conventional show signs collapse. tried tested over millennia, type Knowledge Management System (KMS) developed to handle written documents proving inherently incapable being simply modified cope present flood electronic material. Moore’s Law expansion data transfer speeds storage means some simpler tasks involving document collation archiving can handled, little progress addressing difficult problems how huge volumes produced critically reviewed/quality assured, synthesised, integrated communicated all interested stakeholders a form they understand. A common blockage that, while component (symptoms) acknowledged, easy for organisations perceive magnitude approaching catastrophic system collapse hence implement paradigm shift needed introduce effective solutions. Indeed, classic Catch-22 situation: breakdown approaches those lack overview required see their KMS becoming increasingly dysfunctional. The exponential base cause concern national programmes. Japanese disposal field,