GDA Programme: An GDA Programme: An assessment of assessment of openness and openness and transparencytransparency

David Stellfox, JournalistDavid Stellfox, Journalist6 February 2013 * Nuclear Institute * GDA Seminar, 6 February 2013 * Nuclear Institute * GDA Seminar, LondonLondon

Outline of PresentationOutline of Presentation

Background FrameworkBackground Framework

GDA-specificGDA-specificThe good…The good…The bad…The bad…The conclusionThe conclusion

Background FrameworkBackground Framework

Openness/transparency: a Openness/transparency: a second order priority?second order priority?

Whose business are you Whose business are you conducting?conducting?

Understanding public Understanding public confidence in the nuclear confidence in the nuclear context and today’s world.context and today’s world.

The good…The good…

Quarterly reportsQuarterly reports

Self-reporting of problemsSelf-reporting of problems

ResponsivenessResponsiveness

Desire to be open and Desire to be open and transparent was evident even transparent was evident even when unsuccessfulwhen unsuccessful

The bad…The bad…

Quarterly reportsQuarterly reports

Diminishment in Diminishment in responsiveness with timeresponsiveness with time

‘‘Making it up as you go along’Making it up as you go along’

Obsession with scheduleObsession with schedule

The conclusionThe conclusion

Yes, it was open and transparent, Yes, it was open and transparent, and particularly so relative to how and particularly so relative to how ONR and its antecedents have ONR and its antecedents have historically behaved. historically behaved.

But some aspects of the But some aspects of the programme detracted from rather programme detracted from rather than enhanced public confidence.than enhanced public confidence.