radiation exposue at st lucie and Safety Culture

["J. J. Rozental" <joseroze@netvision.net.il>]

Colleagues,

 

The recent debate on radiation exposure at st lucie and other correlated subject, only make obvious the different approaches that colleagues understand the meaning of Safety Culture, as attitude. That’s mean: the significant variety among colleagues in their understanding of "safety Culture" and how to advance to influence it in a positive way.

 

What kind of attitude? Which establishes that, as an overriding priority, protection and safety issues receive the attention warranted by their significance.
This is the IAEA concept that we can find in the BSS, Ed. 115 – Glossary page 313 and item (b), (but I suggest to read the complete text at 2.28, page 24)

(b) - problems affecting protection and safety be promptly identified and corrected in a manner commensurate with their importance.

 

Does not matter the event, every attitude must be accord with the significance and commensurate with the importance.

• The important key words are: attention, significance, commensurate with the importance.

Safety culture is also an amalgamation of values, standards, morals, and norms of acceptable behavior. These are aimed at maintaining a self-disciplined approach to the enhancement of safety beyond legislative and regulatory requirements. Therefore, safety culture has to be inherent in the thoughts and actions of all the individuals at every level in an organization.

 

Jose Julio Rozental

joseroze@netvision.net.il

Israel