Safetymatters: Organizational and safety culture information, analysis and management

We have long promoted a systems view of nuclear facilities and the overall industry.  One consequence of that view is an openness to possi...

The GM story continues to unfold on a daily basis.  We’ve already lost track of the number of recalls as it appears that any and every pos...

In our April 16, 2014 post we discussed the evolving situation at General Motors regarding the issues with the Chevy Cobalt’s ignition sw...

We report in this post on a situation that developed at Indian Point more than two years ago and was just recently closed out via NRC noti...

(Ed. note: This is Safetymatters’ second post on the Phase 1 WIPP report.  Bob and I independently saw the report, concluded it raised i...

On Feb. 14, 2014, an incident at the Department of Energy (DOE) Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) resulted in the release of radioactive ...

NRC Public Meeting The NRC held their annual Regulatory Information Conference (RIC) March 11-13, 2014.  It included a session on safety...

Two weeks ago we posted on NUREG-2165 , a document that formalizes a “common language” for describing nuclear safety culture (SC).  The NU...