Organizational culture and nuclear safety

Conference · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1990 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States)

OSTI ID:6779879

Germann, R P

GPU Nuclear has become increasingly aware of the impact of culture on performance and therefore on nuclear safety. Culture is simply described as the way things are done around here. Senior management has developed a mission and a vision and values statement to guide this culture change. The company has embarked on a number of culture-influencing initiatives, including teamwork and leadership, the subject of this paper. This paper notes the functional initiatives that were one aspect of the evolution of the overall program. These functional initiatives were requests from line managers for assistance from in-house facilitators to help their areas become even more effective. Also, the overall program implementation has evolved to include use of additional materials and concepts.

• OSTI ID: 6779879
• Report Number(s): CONF-901101-; CODEN: TANSAO
• Journal Information: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States), Vol. 62; Conference: American Nuclear Society (ANS) winter meeting, Washington, DC (United States), 11-16 Nov 1990; ISSN 0003-018X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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