Practical application of the KMS, 2; Site characterisation
Semba, Takeshi ; Osawa, Hideaki ; Hioki, Kazumasa ; Tachibana, Shoko*; Takase, Hiroyasu*; McKinley, I. G.*
To provide support for the Japanese implementer and also the regulator, a JAEA team is attempting to capture both Japanese and international geosynthesis experience within a KMS framework, which is termed ISIS. This is a hybrid system that combines "smart" software with human experts, although an aim is to capture tacit knowledge within expert systems to the maximum extent practicable. Initial tests, based mainly on field work carried out by JAEA at the sites of the Mizunami and Horonobe underground research laboratories.