Knowledge Management in Fast Reactors

Abstract This paper highlights the work that is being carried out in Knowledge Management of Fast Reactors at Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) including a few examples of how the knowledge acquired because of various incidents in the initial years has been utilized for the successful opera tion of Fast Breeder Test Reactor. It also briefly refers to the features of the IAEA initiative on the preservation of Knowledge in the area of Fast Reactors in the form of “Fast Reactor Knowledge Organization System” (FR-KOS), which is based on a taxonomy for storage and mining of Fast Reactor Knowledge.