Knowledge Conservation and Transfer
Wednesday November 17, 2004 - 8:30 am
Chair: David Pointer

This session was cosponsored by the Operations and Power Division of the ANS.

The population of the Developed World is aging. The nuclear science and technology industry is not immune to this trend. While the challenge is exacerbated by slow growth in the nuclear power sector over the past two decades, it is by no means limited to the generation of electricity. Addressing the issue of knowledge conservation is a critical issue for an industry faced with many soon-to-be-retirees and few young professionals. This session provided a forum for the discussion of approaches employed and dissemination of lessons learned in the on-going efforts to improve knowledge transfer between generations in all fields of nuclear science and technology.

This session included the presentation of five papers followed by a discussion:

• "Enterprise knowledge management system utility requirements document for nuclear power plants" - EPRI
• "Use of visualization techniques to improve human decision-making" - EPRI
• "Development of an international distributed web-based nuclear safety information system" - ANL
• "Knowledge transfer of gas-cooled reactor design methodology at General Atomics" - GA
• "Lessons Learned in the Re-Invigoration of New Graduate Hire Indoctrination" - Duncan Robinson, Westinghouse
• "International Perspectives on Nuclear Knowledge Management" - Shannon Bragg-Sitton, LANL