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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

IAEA OSART in USA

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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) offers an Operational Safety Review Team (OSART) program where international teams of expert...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014

1995 ANS Safety Culture Conference: A Portal to the Past

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In April 1995 the American Nuclear Society (ANS) sponsored a nuclear safety culture (SC) conference in Vienna.  This was a large undertaki...
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014

National Research Council: Safety Culture Lessons Learned from Fukushima

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The National Research Council has released a report * on lessons learned from the Fukushima nuclear accident that may be applicable to U...
Thursday, July 24, 2014

Palisades: Back in the NRC’s Safety Culture Dog House

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Our last Palisades post was on January 30, 2013 where we described the tortuous logic the NRC employed to conclude Palisades’ safety cult...
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014

The European Union Shows Stronger Interest in Nuclear Safety Culture

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Council of the EU building The Council of the European Union (EU) recently updated its 2009 Nuclear Safety Directive.  The revised direc...
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Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Vit Plant Safety Culture Update

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Hanford Waste Treatment Plant DOE released a June 2014 follow-up assessment * on safety culture (SC) at the Hanford Waste Treatment Plan...
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Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Catching Up on DOE’s SCWE Extent of Condition Review

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Hanford Waste Treatment Plant On May 29, 2014 DOE submitted its partial response to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB...
Friday, June 27, 2014

Reaction to the Valukas Report on GM Ignition Switch Problems

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CEO Mary Barra and Anton Valukas General Motors released the report * by its outside attorney, Anton Valukas, investigating the hows and...