Safetymatters: Organizational and safety culture information, analysis and management

We have referred to NuclearSafetySim and the use of simulation tools on a regular basis in this blog.  NuclearSafetySim is our initiative ...

As discussed in our July 18, 2013 post , INPO's position is that creating and maintaining a healthy safety culture (SC) is a primary l...

The Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO) has released a document * that aims at aligning their previous descriptions of safety cul...

This book* examines how errors occur in complex socio-technical systems.  The authors' thesis is that behind every ascribed “human err...

In this post we highlight the doctoral thesis paper of Antti Piirto, “Safe Operation of Nuclear Power Plants – Is Safety Culture an Adequa...

The words dynamic and interactive always catch our attention as they are intrinsic to our world view of nuclear safety culture learning....

The NRC's assessment of safety culture (SC) is an example of regulatory creep.  It began with the requirement that licensees determine...

News last week that the San Onofre units would permanently shutdown - joining Crystal River 3 (CR3) and Kewaunee as the latest early retir...