International Conference on Human and Organizational Aspects of Assuring Nuclear Safety – Exploring 30 Years of Safety Culture

Plenary Dialogue: The Human and Organisational Sides of Safety and the Way Forward

25 Feb 2016, 09:10

35m

Boardroom B/M1 (IAEA HQ)

Plenary Dialogue PL3: Future Perspectives

Speakers

Abdul Nasir Afghan (Pakistan) Erwin Fischer (Germany) Helen Rycraft (facilitator) (IAEA) Jean Paries (France) John Ward (Australia) Monica Haage (Facilitator) (IAEA)

Synopsis

What Does Safety Culture Look Like in the Year 2046?

This plenary dialogue allows a conversation between key participants who have spent time working to identify the future challenges and new ways of thinking about safety within the nuclear industry and other high hazard industries.

The aim of the dialogue is to glimpse into the future development of safety management and safety culture, particularly as the world industry is building new power stations and other new nuclear installations. This is alongside other installations that will have been shut down and decommissioned. Also the use of radioactive material may change in other industries as technology develops.

The central question of “what will safety culture look like in 2046?” looks 30 years into the future to try and imagine the changing needs of the industry in terms of safe operations both with regard to technology and those that work in the industry.

The audience will have the opportunity to ask questions to the panel and share their views.