Knowledge Management

Objectives

The overarching goal is to establish an EURAD-2 Knowledge Management (KM) programme which is intended to become sustainable over 10 to 20 or more years. The programme not only focusses on different aspect in the building and maintaining of competences in the field but complementing those actions which are already present on national and international (IAEA, NEA) level. 

The overall objectives of the KM programme are to overcome the competence generation gap by making sure resources are effectively aligned to maintain a sufficient, competent and qualified radioactive waste management workforce. Furthermore, the KM programme will support Member States at different levels of progress in implementing the waste directive (2011/70/Euratom) within the realms of EURAD-2 by boosting knowledge transfer from more advanced to less advanced programmes. Another general objective is effective implementation of the KM programme by establishing an inclusive collaborative framework that feeds and keeps up to date the EURAD Roadmap, enabling users to access existing information and knowledge and active work or future plans related to all phases of a radioactive waste management programme.

Major highlights (October 2024 - March 2025) 

• Launch of Mobility Programme (in M4): the programme was successfully initiated, providing opportunities for knowledge exchange and capacity building across EURAD-2 (Task 4.1).
• Development of specifications for proposing additional KM documentation needs: A comprehensive guideline was established to support the proposal and prioritization of new State-of-the-Art (SotA) reports, Green & White papers (Task 2.1. guideline) as well as for the production of Domain Insights (DI) and State-of-Knowledge (SoK) documents (Task 2.2). As part of this effort, one survey was launched to identify potential authors and reviewers within the WPs. In addition, a second survey was launched to invite feedback on topics where guidance on radioactive waste management is needed, building on a review of documented guidance needs (Task 3.1).
• Organization of the WP Kick-off meeting: bringing together all the KM WP members, EURAD-2 WP leaders, and Knowledge ambassadors (Task 2 leaders) to align on the key objectives of the KM programme (Task 1.4).

Forward look

• Launch of Lunch & Learn sessions within EURAD-2: A continuing initiative to foster knowledge-sharing within the wider EURAD-2 community, including stakeholders, has started. First session is scheduled for March 20, 2025 and next two sessions planned.
• Kick-off the DI documents and guidance production: Mobilising EURAD-2 internal experts to contribute to the creation of essential knowledge resources, based on feedback on topics from WPs and End Users / Stakeholders. 
• Strengthening international collaborations: Engaging with key international organisations by inviting representatives from different organisations (e.g. IAEA and OECD-NEA) to participate to the planned EURAD-2 KM Workshop, attending upcoming international conferences and actively organising and participating and meetings with these organisations.