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Safety Culture of Regulatory Body - Its Expectations and Limitations as a Complementary Role for Nuclear Safety Regulatory Institutions

  • Journal of Regulation Studies
  • 2020, 29(2), pp.197-224
  • DOI : 10.22954/ksrs.2020.29.2.007
  • Publisher : 한국규제학회
  • Research Area : Social Science > Public Administration
  • Received : October 24, 2020
  • Accepted : November 25, 2020
  • Published : December 31, 2020

Choi, Young Sung 1 Jung, Su Jin 1 Choi, Kwang Sik 2

1한국원자력안전기술원
2한국원자력기술협회

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ABSTRACT

The safety concept of nuclear technology is a cumulative one beginning from imperfect trials for safety and evolving through gradual and continuous improvements. The Fukushima nuclear accident in 2011 was a turning point for strengthening safety measures. However, there are still questions as to what we really should learn from the accident. As accident investigation reports have revealed that the root-cause of the accident was an ineffective integration of institutions, organization and culture associated with nuclear safety, attention is paid, in particular, to safety culture of regulatory body. This paper explores the implications and importance of organizational culture of regulatory body. It explains the functions of safety culture based on the theoretical approach to nuclear safety regime and proposes its elements. In addition, the paper examines the complementary role of safety culture for imperfect regulatory institutions and suggests future research topics.

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