Knowledge preservation for successful development of nuclear power (using the best practice of research and technological agency 'non-proliferation' in structure of Federal State Institution Russian Research Center 'Kurchatov Institute')

Full text: The great demand for electricity is expected in the nearest future particularly in developing countries. This demand is caused by great population grows that is happening now especially in the developing world. The demand for electricity will affect the demand for energy carries correspondingly. There are some burning questions such as the prospective scantiness of fossil fuels, issue of future energy supply (as a consequence of scantiness of fossil fuels), issue of global worming and issue of carbon dioxide emission, waste recovery of hydrocarbon fuel production that helps the world stakeholders to look up towards the nuclear energy. Skilful handling with nuclear energy will help to solve the above mentioned issues of future and let the nuclear renascence be the reality not only the words. The atomic industry wasn't developed widely [was in a shadow] during the last years. It took place not only in Russia but in other countries that has nuclear industry. The wide-ranging development of nuclear energetic was stopped after Chernobyl accident in 1986. Now we are leaving in the era of nuclear renascence that can be proofed by announcements of some world leaders like the US President Gorge Bush, Russia President Vladimir Putin, UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and others. The one of the consequences of being 'in the shadow' for nuclear industry after Chernobyl accident and people's fear for nuclear was that young generation of people wasn't consider the nuclear industry like a perspective and modern industry. It should be said that modern and perspective things mean a lot for young generation. Because of that the number of students in universities for nuclear majors decreased dramatically. And so the number of young specialists and engineers that entered the industry decreased. In Russia and some other former Soviet Union countries the satiation was worsen by the economic situation after Soviet Union collapse i.e. salary of engineers, scientific workers, professors dipped below living wage. This is why not only the number of students in universities decreased but professors' stuff in universities and industry's stuff dramatically decreased. For successful development of nuclear power we need resources i.e. people, knowledge and desire for effective actions (beside positive political solutions that is not considered in this paper). Except for the lack of the young professionals there is a big gap in a number of middle-aged specialists at the industry and at the universities' stuff today. Thus the issue of knowledge preserving and knowledge transition from the old generation of specialists that are closed to retiring to the young employees has come up recently. Taking into account nuclear renaissance this issue is a very burning question. The process of successful transmission of knowledge from the old generation to young one through increasing the interest of young generation to nuclear industry and for their job is considered in this paper. Some examples of achievement of increasing of professionals interests through participation in conferences, seminars, training and social activities are given. Also this paper describes the positive practice of Research and Technological Agency 'Nonproliferation' is in structure of Federal State Institution Russian Research Center 'Kurchatov Institute' in nuclear knowledge preserving and transmission in the field of nuclear nonproliferation i.e. nuclear material physical protection, control and accounting (MPC and A), culture of MPC and A, studying of issues of nonproliferation, rehabilitation of harbor technical sites namely: 1. providing trainings and seminars on MPC and A and MPC and A culture; 2. issuing study guides on MPC and A and MPC and A culture; 3. interaction with other organizations and participation in round table discussions; and 4. enrolment of young specialists in Agency 'Nonproliferation' activities and their active communication with experts; organization of additional seminars and round table discussions in the Agency for young specialists with participatio n of experts. (author)