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Byline: Mark Chillingworth
Nuclear dangers in IP
All of us in the information profession are aware we are producing and managing information that will have some bearing on the future. We know our job is important to some degree or another, but there is something shocking about the implications of managing information about toxic nuclear waste.
Experts have told IWR reporters that information professionals in the nuclear energy industry need not only consider what information is stored and preserved, they must also create information on how to access and use this information. Not only that, they have to research bespoke methods of storing the information, including using papyrus records and nonacid-based inks.
This shows just how diverse the information industry is and the solutions it has to real-world problems. But there is also a much larger nagging question. If an issue requires this much effort, if major intergovernmental teams need to be convened to agree policy and then research information ...