Safetymatters: Organizational and safety culture information, analysis and management

WTP at Hanford In April 2018 the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report * on shortcomings in the quality assuranc...

DNFSB headquarters The Center for Public Integrity (CPI) recently published a report * that disclosed a private letter ** from Sean S...

Los Alamos  Source: LANL The Center for Public Integrity (CPI) has published a five-part report on safety lapses in the U.S. nuclear we...

We haven’t reported on the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) safety culture (SC) in awhile.  Although there hasn’t been any big news latel...

The WIPP On Feb. 14, 2014, a drum containing radioactive waste exploded at the Department of Energy (DOE) Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (W...

The Department of Energy (DOE) Inspector General (IG) recently released an audit report * on deficiencies in Bechtel’s Corrective Action...

The WTP aka the Vit Plant On August 26, 2015 the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) held a hearing in the Hanford area to r...

Hanford WTP The Department of Energy (DOE) recently released the latest safety culture (SC) assessment report * for the Hanford Waste Tr...

DNFSB Headquarters We have posted many times about safety culture (SC) issues in the Department of Energy (DOE) empire.  Many of those i...

NRC Public Meeting The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) held its annual Regulatory Information Conference (RIC) on March 10-12, 2015....

A U.S. congressional panel recently released a report * detailing its recommendations for improving the performance of the National Nuclea...

The Vit Plant We have reported on safety culture (SC) issues at the Hanford Waste Treatment Plant (WTP, or “vit plant”) for years. ...