Published September 1995 | Version v1
Report

A safety culture approach in CANDU regulation and operation

  • 1. Atomic Energy Control Board, Ottawa, ON (Canada)

Description

This paper covers three main topics. The first is a discussion from a regulatory viewpoint of the nature of safety culture and of some attitudinal and organizational aspects of it. Some requirements for measurement of safety culture are reviewed. Implementation of safety culture initiatives in some CANDU licensees are briefly noted and the proposed program by the AECB for regulatory safety culture inspections of utility plants. (author). 22 refs

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Title
Experience with strengthening safety culture in nuclear power plants. Report of a technical committee meeting held in Vienna, 20-24 June 1994
Imprint Pagination
174 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 57-63.
ISSN
1011-4289
Report number
IAEA-TECDOC--821

Conference

Title
Technical committee meeting on experience with strengthening safety culture in nuclear power plants.
Dates
20-24 Jun 1994.
Place
Vienna (Austria).

INIS

Country of Publication
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
26077333
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; S99: GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Quality check status
Yes
Descriptors DEI
CANDU TYPE REACTORS; INSPECTION; LICENSING; MANAGEMENT; REGULATIONS; SAFETY;
Descriptors DEC
HEAVY WATER MODERATED REACTORS; LAWS; POWER REACTORS; PRESSURE TUBE REACTORS; REACTORS; THERMAL REACTORS;

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