International Symposium on Uranium Raw Material for the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Exploration, Mining, Production, Supply and Demand, Economics and Environmental Issues (URAM-2018)

PRACTICAL APPROACH TO IMPROVING CONVENTIONAL SAFETY PERFORMANCE AND CULTURE IN URANIUM MINES AND MILLS

28 Jun 2018, 12:00

20m

Vienna

ORAL Track 10. Health, safety, environment and social responsibility Health, Safety, Environment and Social Responsibility

Speaker

Dr Brett Moldovan (IAEA)

Description

Conventional safety management in uranium mines and mills is equally as important as radiation protection, and unfortunately conventional mining accidents are known even at modern, well managed uranium operations. Management of conventional safety performance in daily operations must be a core value of all employees and contractor personnel, from the most senior managers and executives, through middle management and the professional and technical ranks, to all workers. This presentation will provide a global overview on leadership, management oversight, operational attitudes and behaviour, impact that the business climate has on safety performance, competence and training, hazard identification, risk tolerance, communication and safety-based reporting. Finally, this presentation will highlight some effective and proven practical steps to improve safety performance and ultimately improve safety culture in the workplace. The IAEA will be including the promotion of the importance of conventional industrial safety, as well as radiation protection, in several uranium-related technical and training meetings in the coming years.