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SIEN 2011 W6 Bucharest 19 Oct. 2011

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Michel GIOT

Université catholique de Louvain and SCK•CEN, Belgium

[email protected]

TRASNUSAFETraining Schemes on Nuclear Safety

Culture FP7 Euratom - Grant agreement no.:

249674


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TRASNUSAFE is part of the response to the needs for a EU

industrial nuclear policy: see the recent report:

EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Brussels, 16.9.2011, COM(2011) 563 final

COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL

1ST SITUATION REPORT ON EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE NUCLEAR ENERGY FIELD IN THE EUROPEAN UNION


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Contents Objectives of the Project Structure of the Project Participants Roles of the two User Groups Pilot sessions: EUROCOURSES Managerial competences in Nuclear Safety Culture Analysis of the needs Conclusions of the Brussels Workshop Possible topics for “specialised modules” Contribution to harmonisation of safety in EU ECVET as a tool


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Objectives of the Project TRASNUSAFE aims at

designing, developing and validating two training schemes on nuclear safety culture with a common basis for professionals operating at a high level of

managerial responsibilities in nuclear installations.

One training scheme: related to the nuclear industry,

The other: related to the installations making use of ionising radiation based technology (mainly in short: the medical sector)


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TRASNUSAFE

Final goals of the two training schemes on nuclear safety culture: Contribute to safety Contribute to harmonisation of safety culture as part of a comprehensive and recognised

vocational E&T in the European Union


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Beneficiary WP1 (Analysis)

WP2(ALARA/NSC)

WP3(D&D)

WP4(Validation)

PCC(Coordin.)

UG-IUG-M

TECNATOM E x x xx x

SCK•CEN B xx x x x x

ITN P

x x x x

JSI SLO x x x

CEPN F x xx x x

EAN EU x x

UCL B x x x xx

UPB RO x x x x

UNIMAN UK x x xx x

STUBA SK x x

CIRTEN I x x

UPM E x x

ENEN EU QA

CNCAN RO x xx

TRACTEBEL B x xx

EITA EU x

SNN RO x

SEAS SK x


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Three Participants from Romania

CNCAN: Comisia Nationala pentru Controlul Activitatilor Nucleare (head of User Group 2)

UPB Universitatea Politehnica din Bucuresti

Societatea Nationala Nuclearelectrica S.A. (Member User Group 1)

ECVET seminar 2, 11-01-219

Role of the two User Groups The members of the two User Groups come from

Regulators, Industry, International Professional Associations

The leader of each User Group is member of the Project Coordination Committee

The Members of the User Groups give advise throughout the project, in particular on the relevance of the contents of the modules

They review the deliverables They send (free of charge) a limited number of

participants to the pilot sessions They participate de facto in the international

validation and recognition of the final product

ECVET seminar 2, 11-01-2110

Five modules leading to five EUROCOURSES One generic module + four specialised

modules The choice of topics of the specialised

modules will be made based on the analysis of the needs

Constraint of time for each course Need to train the trainers (coaches)


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Managerial competences needed Leading a continuous collective effort to keep high

level safety standards and to match the ALARA goals: at all steps of design, construction, operation and

dismantling of nuclear installations, including transport of fuel, waste, and other radioactive

materials like medical radio-isotopes

Such leadership is based on Knowledge and understanding of safety issues and

solutions Expertise in radiation protection Knowledge and understanding of regulation Managerial skills Spirit of questioning, investigating, searching, assessing


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Response of TRASNUSAFE It is not the aim of TRASNUSAFE to offer in

depth training on scientific / technical subjects, nor on regulations.

Scientific /technical subjects and regulations will be rather considered as a prerequisite necessary for studying the implementation of a nuclear safety culture in a given professional environment.

The schemes will focus on the managerial skills through case studies, experience feedback, analysis of the communication between the internal actors, practical work in team, etc.


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Systematic analysis of the needs in the EUOBJECTIVES To obtain quantitative information of the

provisional fluxes of managers in charge of safety that can be expected for general or specific trainings on nuclear safety culture

To obtain qualitative information on the characteristics of the potential trainees, their scientific background, their professional environment, their responsibilities, and their expectations


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Methodology of the analysis of the needs Questionnaire (120 replies over 450 persons

invited to fill in the on-line questionnaire; 15 replies from Romania)

Contacts with national and international agencies including IAEA

Seminars with invited experts at five locations in Europe: Brussels, Bucharest, Madrid, London (?), Ljubljana


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Who answered the questionnaire ?

Sector

Answer Percent

Answer Total

Medical 14.92% 27

Nuclear Power Plant 10.5% 19

Nuclear Industry 6.08% 11

Nuclear Research 18.78% 34

Transport 1.1% 2

Education 22.1% 40

Regulation 14.92% 27

Other : (Please specify) 11.6% 21

Total answers 181

Unique Respondents 120


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Present training level

None 1 day seminar

1 week seminar

1 year course during

university curriculum

On the job training

Answers Indivi duals

Quality management 11.61% (18) 9.68% (15) 26.45% (41) 5.16% (8) 47.1% (73) 155 118

Management and leadership

20.28% (29) 9.79% (14) 23.78% (34) 11.19% (16) 34.97% (50) 143 118

Industrial Safety 25.52% (37) 12.41% (18) 18.62% (27) 11.72% (17) 31.72% (46) 145 117

Radiation protection 1.27% (2) 7.01% (11) 28.66% (45) 26.75% (42) 36.31% (57) 157 119

Safety culture 8.11% (12) 16.22% (24) 23.65% (35) 11.49% (17) 40.54% (60) 148 119

ALARA concept and implementation

11.03% (16) 12.41% (18) 24.14% (35) 11.72% (17) 40.69% (59) 145 118


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Importance of topics for generic module (1/2)Rating mean

Risk concept and risk culture 8.6 / 10

Nuclear safety definition and history 7.39 / 10

Safety culture definition, characteristics and evolution (new safety reports and guides, etc.)

7.9 / 10

Radiation protection principles 8.63 / 10

Radiation safety of radioactive sources 8.16 / 10

Defence in depth 7.97 / 10

Decision making process: risk/benefit, cost/benefit and multi-criteria analyses

7.67 / 10

Decision making process: Practical Exercise 7.87 / 10

Risk perception by workers and the public including media

7.95 / 10


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Importance of topics for generic module (2/2)

Rating mean

Human factors 8.45 / 10

Incident reporting and learning from non-conformities 8.16 / 10

ALARA (optimisation) principle, implementation and tools

8.44 / 10

Organizational culture 8.06 / 10

Managers responsibilities (legal issues) 8.13 / 10

The societal context of safety culture 7.45 / 10

Case studies: Accidents in nuclear power plants (e.g. TMI, Chernobyl, Fukushima, etc.)

8.29 / 10

Case studies: Accidents in the medical sector (radiotherapy accident, incidental radioactive effluents releases, loss of radioactive source…)

7.92 / 10

Case studies: Accidents in the industry (loss of radioactive source, industrial radiography, etc.)

7.96 / 10


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International recognition


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Conclusions of the Brussels Workshop (1/3)

The need to develop the safety culture training specifically for (high) managerial level was recognized by all participants This training is supplementary to the safety

training given to the workforce in nuclear industry or in other sectors working with radioactive sources

While the latter safety training is work related, tuned to concrete working conditions and often organized by (and in) the companies, the safety culture training for managers approaches safety as a risk management issue

As such this safety culture training for managers is largely sector independent


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Content of the training The training needs to address the ‘management

perspective’ of safety culture, it will approach safety culture as a risk management challenge

The training will focus on the importance of a safety policy, ways to foster a good safety culture, management systems to manage the safety, tools to measure safety culture, consequences of inappropriate safety culture, …

To be successful, the training should use concepts from management sciences and adopt the ‘language’ of senior managers


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Content of the training The general module of the TRASNUSAFE safety culture

training starts from a universal approach to risk management: safety culture is a general challenge for organizations

But for organizations dealing with nuclear material and radioactive sources, the safety culture training also needs to include sector specific elements, such as an overview of the safety systems generally implemented in the

sector, and an overview of the system of radiation protection, including

attention for protection principles as optimization and justification, and techniques such as ALARA processes

More on the importance of these concepts in WP2 conclusions


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Possible topics for specialised modules 1) Human error reduction tool and organisation failures 2) “Ethical” aspects of the radiological risk: Justification /

optimisation of radiotherapy and doses to the patients, and the ways to implement the best practices in the hospitals

3) Crisis management and nuclear safety culture: This includes the communication process and contents. It can be designed for the medical sector and/or for the industrial sector, and involves all providers of information, thus including the regulators.

4) Setting up a management system 5) Nuclear safety culture in research facilities. This module

would be designed for safety managers of research institutions housing an accelerator, a research reactor or a radiochemistry / radiobiology department.

6) Economics of safety culture 7) Nuclear safety in transport of radioactive materials 8) Compliance of contractors with safety systems 9) Others: specify.


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Contribution to harmonisation of safetyTRASNUSAFE will contribute to harmonisation of safety

if the result of the project is a set of training courses of

high quality clear learning outcomes relevant contents, adequate pedagogical supports, trans-cultural, proved efficient on a significant set of individuals, include a control of acquired competences (ECVET)

and if there is a form of recognition by the regulators (at

least several regulators).


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TRASNUSAFE, as part of a comprehensive and recognised Vocational Education & Training

ECVET as a tool Needs a clear formulation of the learning

outcomes A quality assurance of the learning process

(the training) (EQAVET) A control of the acquired competences

adapted to this particular type of training giving credit (points).

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