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Friday, March 8, 2019

Decision Making, Values, and Culture Change

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Typical New Yorker cover In the nuclear industry, most decisions are at least arguably “hard,” i.e., decision makers can agree on the fa...
Monday, December 3, 2018

Nuclear Safety Culture: Lessons from Factfulness by Hans Rosling

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This book* is about biases that prevent us from making fact-based decisions.  It is based on the author’s world-wide work as a doctor and ...
Friday, November 9, 2018

Nuclear Safety Culture: Lessons from Turn the Ship Around! by L. David Marquet

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Turn the Ship Around! * was written by a U.S. Navy officer who was assigned to command a submarine with a poor performance history.  He ad...
Monday, October 29, 2018

Safety Culture: What are the Contributors to “Bad” Outcomes Versus “Good” Outcomes and Why Don’t Some Interventions Lead to Improved Safety Performance?

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Why? Sidney Dekker recently revisited * some interesting research he led at a large health care authority.  The authority’s track record...
Friday, July 6, 2018

WANO Publicizes Projects That Promote Safety But Short-Changes Nuclear Safety Culture

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NOT WANO's world headquarters The World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) recently announced * the completion and delivery of ...
Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Catching Up with Nuclear Safety Culture’s Bad Boys: Entergy and TVA

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Entergy Headquarters TVA Headquarters We haven’t reported for awhile on the activities of the two plant operators who dominate the...
Thursday, May 3, 2018

Nuclear Safety Culture and the Hanford Waste Treatment Plant: the Saga Continues

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WTP at Hanford In April 2018 the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report * on shortcomings in the quality assuranc...
Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Nuclear Safety Culture: Insights from Principles by Ray Dalio

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Book cover Ray Dalio is the billionaire founder/builder of Bridgewater Associates, an investment management firm.  Principles * catalogs...