The fifth Country-Specific Safety Culture Forum took place in Bern.

The NEA invited 17 young professionals under the age of 30, representing 14 countries at the Roadmaps to New Nuclear 2024 conference. 

The report builds on the Country-Specific Safety Culture Forum organised in Tokyo in December 2023.

A healthy safety culture has long been considered essential to maintaining high levels of nuclear safety. Although safety goals across countries are similar, the operational realities vary due to a r...

Country-specific Safety Culture Forum (CSSCF) Japan was initiated in late 2022, with the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO), the Federation of Electric Power C...

Members of the NEA Working Group on Leadership and Safety Culture (WGLSC) discussed ongoing activities at a meeting in Budapest.

One of the many lessons learnt about nuclear safety over the years has been that human aspects of nuclear safety are as important as any technical issue that may arise. The international nuclear comm...

The NEA established the Country-Specific Safety Culture Forum (CSSCF) to examine how nuclear safety culture can be influenced by the national cultural context of a country operating nuclear facilitie...

              Halden Hammlab research facility for human factor research.

The NEA Halden HTO Project is a continuation of Man-Technology-Organisation (MTO) research carried out for more than 40 years as part of t...

The main mission of the Working Group on Human and Organisational Factors (WGHOF) is to improve the understanding and treatment of human and organisational factors within the nuclear industry in orde...

On the occasion of International Women's Day Friday 8 March, the NEA asked women what they most enjoy about working in the nuclear sector. 

Fourth Country-Specific Safety Culture Forum brings together operators, regulators, local governments, international observers.

This synthesis report summarises the technical programme and the outcome of the 2018 International Severe Accident Management Conference (ISAMC-2018) organised in Ottawa, Ontario on 15-18 October 201...

NEA Leaderership Series brought together three leaders in the nuclear sector to discuss what creates effective leadership and why it's essential for the nuclear sector's success. 

Leaders from regulation, government, industry, academia, international organisations and NGOs on 5-7 September 2023 in Paris.

Members of the WGHOF gathered in Vantaa, Finland, for its 33rd meeting.

The NEA and the World Association of Nuclear Operators have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).

NEA organises a mentoring workshop in the United Kingdom on International Women's Day.

In the aftermath of the Fukushima Daiichi accident in March 2011, nuclear regulators, industry organisations, and operating companies across the globe began the process of understanding the lessons l...

The three-day event was held at the ESIX University in Cherbourg, France with 15 female university and graduate students. 

On 2-4 November, the NEA Working Group on Human and Organisational Factors (WGHOF) held its 32^nd biennial meeting at the Nuclear Energy Agency headquarters in Paris, France.

The FSC workshop participants discussed best practices for community and youth engagement around the topic of radioactive waste disposal.

This report from the NEA Working Group on Human and Organisational Performance establishes a common understanding around the terms human performance (HP), organisational performance (OP), and human a...

The Country-Specific Safety Culture Forum takes place in Canada.

The number of nuclear reactors approaching decommissioning, or already in the process of decommissioning, is increasing globally. Planning and performing decommissioning and dismantling activities ra...

NEA Working Group on Human and Organisational Factors (WGHOF) held its biannual meeting on 25-26 October 2021.

Workshop on Competency Management of Regulators (COMAREG), 18-20 May 2021

This report further explores some of the key elements presented in The Safety Culture of an Effective Regulatory Body (2016), commonly known as the NEA Green Booklet, and provides both an overview an...

NEA Working Group on Human and Organisational Factors (WGHOF) biannual meeting, 27‑29 October 2020

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is having a major impact on the workforce around the world, from how people carry out their work under necessary social distancing rules to the unavailability of workers...

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 NEA Working Group on Human and Organisational Factors (WGHOF) meeting in Palaiseau, France, 16‑17 October 2019.

The second Country‑Specific Nuclear Safety Culture Forum held on 6‑7 March 2019 by the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) in Helsinki, Finland, in co‑operation with the World Association of Nuclear Operator...

The influence of national context on nuclear safety culture was the focus of the country‑specific forum held on 23‑24 January 2018 by the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) in Stockholm, Sweden, in co‑opera...

The workshop took place in Brugg, Switzerland on 24-26 February 2014. It was conducted with participation of a number of invited key speakers from academic research and a range of industries, includi...

The Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) Working Group on Human and Organisational Factors (WGHOF) is tasked to improve the current understanding of human and organisational perfor...

At its ninth meeting, held at Harwell, UK on 7-9 November 2007, the Working Party on Decommissioning and Dismantling (WPDD) held a topical session on Human and Organisational Factors in Decommissioni...

The Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) Working Group on Human and Oganisational Factors (WGHOF) and the Halden Reactor Project (HRP) hosted a joint workshop titled “Future Contro...

Due to the importance of human and organisational performance on nuclear plant maintenance, the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) Special Experts’ Group on Human and Organisatio...

The OECD/NEA Committee on Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) addressed the issue of modifications at a workshop on “Modifications at Nuclear Power Plants – Operating Experience, Safety Significan...

The Nuclear Energy Agency Committe on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) addressed the issue of modifications at the workshop “Modifications at Nuclear Power Plants – Operating Experience, Sa...

While signs of a possible nuclear energy renaissance are visible worldwide, it is highly important to understand better the views of civil society on nuclear technologies, how their risks are perceiv...