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Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Is TEPCO’s Nuclear Safety Culture Still Weak?

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Cover of TEPCO Self-Assessment Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) recently conducted a self-assessment * (SA) to ascertain progress vis-à-...
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Friday, January 27, 2017

Leadership, Decisions, Systems Thinking and Nuclear Safety Culture

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AcciMap Excerpt We recently read a paper* that echoes some of the themes we emphasize on Safetymatters, viz., leadership, decisions and ...
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Monday, January 16, 2017

Nuclear Safety Culture and the Shrinking U.S. Nuclear Plant Population

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In the last few years, nuclear plant owners have shut down or scheduled for shutdown 17 units totaling over 14,000 MW.  Over half of these...
Friday, January 6, 2017

Reflections on Nuclear Safety Culture for the New Year

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©iStockphoto.com The start of a new year is an opportunity to take stock of the current situation in the U.S. nuclear industry and reite...
Monday, December 12, 2016

Canadian Draft Regulation on Nuclear Safety Culture

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Draft REGDOC cover The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has published a draft regulatory document REGDOC-2.1.2, “Safety Culture...
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Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Here We Go Again: NRC to Inspect Nuclear Safety Culture at Entergy’s Pilgrim Plant

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Pilgrim Entergy’s Pilgrim station has been in Column 4 of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) Action Matrix since September 2015...
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Monday, November 14, 2016

NRC Identifies Nuclear Safety Culture Problems at Watts Bar. What a Surprise.

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Watts Bar A recent NRC inspection report * was very critical of both the Safety Conscious Work Environment (SCWE) and the larger Nuclear...
Thursday, November 3, 2016

Nuclear Safety Culture in the Latest U.S. Report for the Convention on Nuclear Safety

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NUREG-1650 cover The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) recently published NUREG-1650, rev. 6, the seventh national report for the Conv...
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