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Sunday, April 22, 2012

Science Culture: A Lesson for Nuclear Safety Culture?

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An article in the New York Times * earlier this week caught our attention as part of our contemplation of the causes of safety culture iss...
Monday, April 16, 2012

The Many Causes of Safety Culture Performance

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The promulgation of the NRC’s safety culture policy statement and industry efforts to remain out in front of regulatory scrutiny have led to...
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Thursday, April 12, 2012

Fort Calhoun in the Crosshairs

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Things have gone from bad to worse for Fort Calhoun.  The plant shut down in April 2011 for refueling, but the shutdown was extended to ad...
Monday, April 2, 2012

A Breath of Fresh Air - From a Coal Mine

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It may seem odd to find a source of fresh air in the context of the Massey coal mine disaster of 2010, a topic on which we have posted bef...
Friday, March 30, 2012

The Safety Culture Common Language Path Forward—and the Broken Window at the Nuclear Power Plant

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The NRC has an initiative, the Safety Culture Common Language Path Forward, to describe safety culture (SC) elements at a more detailed ...
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Friday, March 23, 2012

Going Beyond SCART: A More Useful Guidebook for Evaluating Safety Culture

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Our March 11 post reviewed the IAEA SCART guidelines.  We found its safety culture characteristics and attributes comprehensive but its...
Saturday, March 17, 2012

The NRC Does Not Regulate Safety Culture, Right?

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Last March, the NRC approved its safety culture policy statement.*  At the time, a majority of commissioners issued supplemental comments ...
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Sunday, March 11, 2012

IAEA’s Safety Culture Assessment Review Team (SCART) Program

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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) offers the SCART service to Member States.  A SCART’s goal is to assess the safety culture i...