IAEA SAFETY MEETING

BY KEITH NUTHALLBETTER efforts need to be made to ensure a "culture of safety" exists in nuclear power plants worldwide, a meeting of the parties to the United Nations Convention on Nuclear Safety has concluded. Debating the current problems the idea at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, the meeting noted "in some instances...safety culture in nuclear power plants should be strengthened as deficiencies were reported in areas of decision-making, even management and internal communications". Its post-meeting communiqué continued ...


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