Knowledge management &risk management

Knowledge Management methods, techniques and experience can bring a considerable help in preventing all kind of risks. The current economic context amplified the existing risks and introduced new ones such as environmental, political and social. Among the most critical risks of this century is this of lost of knowledge and “memory” in particular in industry involved in long-term activities. After listing the principal risks and recalling of main approaches and techniques of Knowledge Management and its application for risk management an example of nuclear industry is given. Discussion follows in final conclusion and some perspectives are presented.