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Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Nuclear Safety Culture at the 2017 NRC Regulatory Information Conference

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NRC 2017 RIC Nuclear Safety Culture (NSC) was assigned one technical session at the 2017 NRC Regulatory Information Conference (RIC).  T...
Saturday, April 1, 2017

Totally Nude, Naked Nuclear Safety Culture

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I admit it.  The title is a cheap April Fools trick to draw new, perhaps less conventional, visitors to Safetymatters.  The only thing you...
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Monday, March 27, 2017

Nuclear Safety Culture: Catching up with the NRC

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NRC Building No big nuclear safety culture (NSC) news has come out of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) so far in 2017 but there h...
Wednesday, March 8, 2017

Nuclear Safety Culture at the Department of Energy—An Update

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We haven’t reported on the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) safety culture (SC) in awhile.  Although there hasn’t been any big news latel...
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...