Safetymatters: Organizational and safety culture information, analysis and management

Hanford WTP DOE’s Waste Treatment Plant at Hanford, the “Vit Plant”, is being built to process a complex mixture of radioactive waste...

To tell the truth, I have no idea.  But the plant has an interesting history and reviewing it may give us some hints with respect to the c...

The Palisades nuclear plant is in trouble with the NRC.  On Jan. 11, 2012 the NRC met with Entergy (the plant’s owner and operator) to dis...

We thought we would take this opportunity to do a little rummaging around in the Google analytics and report on some of the statistics for...

Is a satisfactory Safety Conscious Work Environment (SCWE) the same as an effective safety culture (SC)?  Absolutely not.  However, some o...

NRC Chairman Jaczko, addressing the recent INPO CEO conference , warned about possible increasing complacency in the nuclear industry.*  T...

Last February, the International Atomic Energy (IAEA) hosted a four-day meeting of regulators and licensees on safety culture .*  “The ge...

When concerns are raised about the safety culture of an organization with very significant safety responsibilities what’s one to do?  How...