On 5-7 April 2022, the NEA Working Group on Safety Culture (WGSC) held its biannual meeting to advance work on safety culture and leadership in nuclear regulators

NEA Working Group on Human and Organisational Factors (WGHOF) held its biannual meeting on 25-26 October 2021.

A workshop on challenges and enhancements to the safety culture of the regulatory body (SCRB) was held on 3 June 2015 in Paris, France. The workshop provided an invaluable opportunity for an exchange...

The Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) is an international committee created in 1989 to guide the NEA concerning safety in the regulation, licensing and inspection of nuclear installat...

The event examines how nuclear safety culture is affected by the national cultural context of the country operating a nuclear facility. It brings together experts representing both the nuclear indust...

One of the many important lessons learnt about nuclear safety over the years has been that human aspects of nuclear safety are as important as any technical issue that may arise in the course of nucl...

The second Country‑Specific Nuclear Safety Culture Forum held on 6‑7 March 2019 by the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) in Helsinki, Finland, in co‑operation with the World Association of Nuclear Operator...

The influence of national context on nuclear safety culture was the focus of the country‑specific forum held on 23‑24 January 2018 by the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) in Stockholm, Sweden, in co‑opera...

NEA Working Group on Human and Organisational Factors (WGHOF) biannual meeting, 27‑29 October 2020

Insights from Leaders in Nuclear Energy shares personal insights through a series of in-depth conversations between the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency Director-General and leading figures in the sector. ...

The NEA held a Joint Learning Forum on safety culture co-organised by its Working Group on Human and Organisational Factors (WGHOF) and Working Group on Safety Culture (WGSC) on 26 October 2020.

This report further explores some of the key elements presented in The Safety Culture of an Effective Regulatory Body (2016), commonly known as the NEA Green Booklet, and provides both an overview an...

NEA News is the professional journal of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). It features articles on the latest nuclear energy issues concerning the economic and technical aspects of nuclear energy, nucl...

Because nuclear issues are embedded in broader societal issues such as the environment, energy, risk management, health policy and sustainability, they can often generate considerable interest and co...

NEA Working Group on Safety Culture (WGSC) biannual meeting, 27-29 October 2020

NEA Working Group on Safety Culture (WGSC) meeting, 29‑31 October 2019.

The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) has just published a new report entitled Five Years after the Fukushima Daiichi Accident: Nuclear Safety Improvements and Lessons Learnt.

Both regulators and the nuclear industry recognise the need for licensees to develop a strong, positive safety culture to support successful and sustainable nuclear safety performance. In recognition...

Regulatory bodies are taking a growing interest in the issue of safety culture, and several are actively working to develop and implement approaches to maintaining oversight of licensee safety cultur...