Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Presented to:
Larry Newman
Director Office Quality Assurance
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The Valuation of Independent Oversight NRC Nuclear Safety Culture Principle #7: Self and Independent Assessments
The licensee conducts self- and independent assessments of their activities and practices, as appropriate, to assess performance and identify areas for improvement.
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The Valuation of Independent Oversight NRC Nuclear Safety Culture Principle #8: Environment for Raising Concerns
Behaviors and interactions encourage free flow of information related to raising nuclear safety issues, differing professional opinions, and identifying issues in the CAP and through self assessments. Such behaviors include supervisors responding to employee safety concerns in an open, honest, and non-defensive manner and providing complete, accurate, and forthright information to oversight, audit, and regulatory organizations.
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QA is partnering with the line to evaluate the underlying causes (UCFs) of the symptoms observed by oversight
The identification and correction of UCFs would prevent future events generated by the same causal factors
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QA is Observing Behaviors (both in QA and the line) and Performing Safety Culture Assessments
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Functional Areas
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Behaviors that Demonstrate Oversight is Used to Strengthen Safety and Improve Performance
Nuclear Leaders are proactive and responsive to independent oversight concerns Nuclear Leaders are not defensive when presented with adverse conditions Nuclear Leaders are not overbearing when discussing issues with lower level staff and do not suppress independent thought Low standards are not defended, even when they are technically in compliance
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Behaviors that Demonstrate Oversight is Used to Strengthen Safety and Improve Performance
Appropriate behaviors are monitored and reinforced on a continual basis to strengthen the nuclear safety culture
A healthy questioning attitude is encouraged within each group, rather than acceptance and enforcement of the status quo The use of the problem reporting process is encouraged and never discouraged
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Behaviors that Demonstrate Oversight is Used to Strengthen Safety and Improve Performance
Nuclear Leaders strive to eliminate problems rather than analyzing them away Take the lead in critically reviewing draft problems brought forward by oversight personnel, to ensure nuclear safety issues are identified and addressed
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Behaviors that Demonstrate Oversight is Used to Strengthen Safety and Improve Performance
Encourage good communications and teamwork between groups that support the site (such as QA, the RAO, the M&O Contractor and the Lead Lab) Constructively challenge oversight conclusions using positive behaviors, such as understanding the complete problem before issuing a challenge Take actions that are commensurate with the relative significance of the issues
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Behaviors that Demonstrate Oversight is Used to Strengthen Safety and Improve Performance During the past 6 weeks, The OCRWM Oversight organization observed less than adequate line management behaviors in each of the categories just outlined above.
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Open Discussion