1 IAEA-CN-123/05/P/03 REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES ON NUCLEAR KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND PROPOSALS FOR FURTHER REFINEMENTS

Abstract. Concerns are raised world-wide on the sustainability of nuclear societies due to the ageing of nuclear manpower, massive retirements of senior workers within several years, declination of nuclear education and training as well as the shortage of nuclear manpower supply. These concerns were reflected in international activities such as the OECD/NEA report on the nuclear education and training and the IAEA conference on Nuclear Knowledge Management. Many more follow-up activities are currently being formulated and implemented. This paper discusses the nature of the issue, proposes a Four-Season Model of nuclear industry and manpower demand & supply, and raises an issue regarding the possibility of manpower shortage propagation from the advanced countries to the developing countries. The international activities are also reviewed and proposals for further refinements of the nuclear knowledge management activities are made. 1