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RIC 2009

NRC and LicenseeSafety Culture Activities

Doug Coe

NRC Internal Safety Culture Task Force

March 12, 2009

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- Look for ways to increase awareness of safety culture internally

- Identify potential initiatives that could improve the agency’s internal safety culture

- Identify best practices currently used across the agency

April 2008 Commission direction:

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• Task Force Charter – October 2008

• Research and data gathering Oct-Dec 2008– Internal focus groups

– Management interviews

– Internal website outreach

– Public meeting outreach

– Internal/external benchmarking

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• Analysis and dialogue Jan-Feb 2009 (complete)

• Report writing

March 2009 (in-progress)

• Commission meeting May 27, 2009 (scheduled)