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Safeguards Culture
Safeguards Culture
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The concept began receiving significant attention after workers' lack of attention to safety protocols led to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident of 1986. According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
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Nuclear safeguards activities, for example, entail substantial amounts of time spent searching for errors. Human culture issues are also important for physical security, as demonstrated by incidents of illicit nuclear trafficking.
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Irene Koupriyanova of the Institute of Physics and Power Engineering began her presentation by explaining that the phrase "safety culture" was introduced by the International Nuclear Safety Advisory Group in the late 1980s, when it used the phrase in its summary report about the Chernobyl accident. The phrase "human factor" was also used for the first time in reference to nuclear energy activities in that report.
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In his view, all staff at nuclear facilities should be able to demonstrate that they recognize their own and their facility's vulnerability to attack or to theft of nuclear materials. Security culture also requires effective local leadership, user-friendly procedures, and workers motivated by a sense of personal performance and responsibility to constantly learn and improve.
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