Safety culture evaluation and asset root cause analysis
This paper examines the role of organizational and management factors in nuclear power plant safety through the use of operating experiences. The ASSET (Assessment of Safety Significant Events Team) reports of thirteen plants (total thirty events) have been analyzed in term of twenty organizational dimensions (factors) identified by Brookhaven National Laboratory and Pennsylvania State University. For three plants detailed results are reported in this paper. The results of thirteen plants are summarized in the form of a table. The study tends to confirm that organizational and management factors play an important role in plant safety. The twenty organizational dimensions and their definitions, in general, were adequate in this study. Formalization, Safety Culture, Technical Knowledge, Training, Roles-Responsibilities and Problem Identification appear to be key organizational factors which influence the safety of nuclear power plants studied.
- Research Organization:
- California Univ., Los Angeles, CA (United States). School of Engineering and Applied Science
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG03-92ER75838
- OSTI ID:
- 563194
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950434-; ON: DE98000777; TRN: 98:002777
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: International topical meeting on safety culture in nuclear installations, Vienna (Austria), 24-28 Apr 1995; Other Information: PBD: [1995]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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