Safetymatters: Organizational and safety culture information, analysis and management

Entergy Headquarters TVA Headquarters We haven’t reported for awhile on the activities of the two plant operators who dominate the...

Pilgrim The Cape Cod Times recently reported * on a security violation at the Pilgrim nuclear plant: one employee entering a secure area...

Pilgrim Watts Bar A couple of recent reports address the nuclear safety culture (NSC) problems at Pilgrim and Watts Bar.  This post...

NRC 2017 RIC Nuclear Safety Culture (NSC) was assigned one technical session at the 2017 NRC Regulatory Information Conference (RIC).  T...

In the last few years, nuclear plant owners have shut down or scheduled for shutdown 17 units totaling over 14,000 MW.  Over half of these...

©iStockphoto.com The start of a new year is an opportunity to take stock of the current situation in the U.S. nuclear industry and reite...

Pilgrim Entergy’s Pilgrim station has been in Column 4 of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) Action Matrix since September 2015...

Arkansas Nuclear One (credit: Edibobb ) On June 25, 2015 we posted about Arkansas Nuclear One’s (ANO) performance problems (a stator dr...

US DOJ logo Nuclear safety management and culture relies on nuclear personnel conducting themselves in accordance with espoused values...

Entergy Headquarters  Source: Nola.com A recent NRC press release * announced a Confirmatory Order (CO) issued to Entergy Operations, In...

IAEA Building Back in June, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) hosted an International Conference on Operational Safety .*  C...

Arkansas Nuclear One (credit: Edibobb) Everyone has heard about the March 31, 2013 stator drop at Arkansas Nuclear One (ANO).  But there...

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Office of Investigations (OI) recently released its FY2014 annual report .*  The OI investigates a...