The Role of the Regulator in the Field of Safety Culture to Shun Nuclear Accident

Magy Kandil

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The Role of the Regulator in the Field of Safety Culture to Shun Nuclear Accident

Magy Kandil

Published in Journal of Energy and Natural Resources (Volume 7, Issue 1)

Received: 30 August 2017 Accepted: 12 January 2018 Published: 25 January 2018

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Abstract

Safety is the primary purpose of the regulatory body, Regulator plays a significant role in the field of nuclear safety even though the prime responsibility for safety belongs to the operator, the regulator which actually decides what is considered to be safe. In order to effectively implement the international principle of high level of nuclear safety, nuclear safety culture should be clearly named as an objective in international nuclear legal acts and the regulator’s responsibility for promotion of nuclear safety culture should be established. What is more difficult for the regulator is finding the right balance of firmness but fairness in dealing with the operator. In addition to enforcing safety regulations, the regulator should have a positive effect on the operator’s safety culture. The regulator can promote safety culture in the operator’s organization just through the mere fact of placing it on the agenda at the highest organizational levels.

Published in	Journal of Energy and Natural Resources (Volume 7, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.jenr.20180701.11
Page(s)	1-11
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright	Copyright © The Author(s), 2018. Published by Science Publishing Group

Keywords

Nuclear Safety, Nuclear Power Plant, The Regulator, Nuclear Safety Culture, Levels of the Safety Culture, Safety Culture Principals

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Egyptian Nuclear and Radiation Regulatory Authority (ENRRA), Cairo, Egypt

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