Abstract
Currently, several studies that dealing with the subject of knowledge management aiming the preservation and transfer of intellectual capital, leading to the retention of knowledge retention in an institution or organization. The National Nuclear Energy Commission (CNEN) of Brazil, the federal authority responsible for the national nuclear energy standards, research, development, and regulation, has been facing difficulties in human resources due to the increase in the number of retirements and the lack of replacement of people, especially with the scientific-technical profile, as a result of the cancelation of public employee hiring in the country.The purpose of this study is to map the critical technical areas at the Institute of Radiation Protection and Dosimetry (IRD), from CNEN. A model used by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was adopted here, which takes into account the time for retirement, beyond the specificity and availability of knowledge.As a result of the study, it was possible to identify that in all end-areas, the IRD has employees that retain the critical knowledge, but they are hard to be replaced or transfer their knowledge. Therefore, a management plan should be implemented for the retention and transfer of knowledge specific to the nuclear area, which is essential for IRD to continue to meet its strategic objectives and that also contributes to minimize the impacts to the country generated by the loss of this sensitive and specialized knowledge.
Highlights
The National Nuclear Energy Commission of Brazil (CNEN) and its institutes are facing, over the years, the aging of the workforce and, a significant drain due to retirements
This work focused on the Institute of Radiation Protection and Dosimetry (IRD) in order to map the areas where the loss of knowledge can be classified as being critical to the continuity of the activities developed
With regard to the IRD, the loss of intellectual capital generated by the growing number of retirements unleashes a huge damage to the area of radiation protection and dosimetry, once the technologies, experiences and knowledge gained from decades of research and development, are often not sufficiently documented, preserved and transferred
Summary
The National Nuclear Energy Commission of Brazil (CNEN) and its institutes are facing, over the years, the aging of the workforce and, a significant drain due to retirements. This work focused on the Institute of Radiation Protection and Dosimetry (IRD) in order to map the areas where the loss of knowledge can be classified as being critical to the continuity of the activities developed. This loss of critical knowledge is due to both the specificity of knowledge and the skills required performing the function, as well as the difficulty in recovering this kind of knowledge. This paper focuses on mapping the critical areas threatened by the loss of intellectual capital, so that the mitigating and urgent actions may be directed to the most sensitive areas of IRD
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