Safetymatters: Organizational and safety culture information, analysis and management

Kahneman is a Nobel Prize winner in economics.  His focus is on personal decision making, especially the biases and heuristics used by the u...

In this book* Leveson, an MIT professor, describes a comprehensive approach for designing and operating “safe” organizations based on syst...

An NRC public meeting Last August 7th, the NRC held a public meeting to discuss their outreach initiatives to inform stakeholders about ...

In our experience education is perceived as a continual process, accumulating knowledge progressively over time.  A shiny apple exemplifie...

This book* presents a multi-year case study of the California Independent System Operator (CAISO), the government entity created to operat...

Aztec Calendar Over the four plus years we have been publishing this blog, regular readers will have noticed some recurring themes in ou...

We came across a provocative and persuasive presentation by Jean Pariès Dédale, " Why a Paradigm Shift Is Needed " from the IAEA...

We have long been proponents of looking for innovative ways to improve safety management training for nuclear professionals.  We’ve taken ...