ENSI oversees the safety culture of the Swiss nuclear installations. It defines the concept of safety culture for the purposes of its oversight as follows:
Safety culture includes values shared by the members of the operator’s organisation, world views, verbal and non-verbal behaviour, and characteristics of the man-made physical environment. The safety culture includes those values, world views, behaviours, and environmental characteristics that determine or show how members of the organisation approach safety.
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Typical Swiss characteristics and their influence on safety and oversight culture
Professionalism, precision, personal responsibility: such typical Swiss characteristics support a good safety culture. Other typical characteristics, such as a focus on consensus and complacency, on the other hand, could have a negative influence, writes the NEA/OECD in its recently published report on the Country-Specific Safety Culture Forum Switzerland held at the end of 2024.
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Oversight authority and operators of Swiss nuclear facilities continue to develop safety culture
The Country-Specific Safety Culture Forum Switzerland took place in Bern on 19 and 20 November 2024. Representatives from various institutions discussed Switzerland’s national culture and analysed its influence on the safety and oversight culture of nuclear facilities. The aim is to continuously improve safety and security. The results will be summarised in a report and…