Operating procedures and safety culture

Conference · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1993 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States)

OSTI ID:5881399

Carnino, A ^[1]

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1. International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria)

The development of new technologies in recent years has led to a tremendous increase in the information to be mastered by operators in industrial processes. The information at operators disposal both in routine situations and accidental ones needs to be well prepared and organized to ensure reliability and safety. The man-machine interface should give operators all the necessary and clear indications on the process status and evolution so that the operators can operate the installation through adequate procedures. Procedures represent the real interface and mode of action of the operators on the machine, and they are of prime importance. Although they are by essence quite different, the routine, accident, and emergency procedures have in common one attribute: They all require a good safety culture both in their development and their implementation. From the definition given by the members of the International Nuclear Safety Advisory Group (INSAG), [open quotes]Safety culture is that assembly of characteristics and attitudes in organizations and individuals which establishes that, as an overriding priority, nuclear plant safety issues receive the attention warranted by their significance,[close quotes] one can see that two aspects are embedded, a collective attitude that in fact is reflected in the managerial framework and an individual one that is linked to personnel behavior and work practices.

• OSTI ID: 5881399
• Report Number(s): CONF-930601--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States) Journal Volume: 68
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
ANIMALS
ATTITUDES
HUMAN FACTORS
IMPLEMENTATION
MAMMALS
MAN
MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS
MANAGEMENT
OPERATION
PERSONNEL
PRIMATES
REACTOR OPERATION
REACTOR OPERATORS
SAFETY
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