Regional Basic Professional Training Course in Korea

Regional Basic Professional Training Course (BPTC) on Nuclear Safety
indicate whether a licensee is radically different to others operating similar plant.
Repeated requests for dispensation to regulatory requirements
Requests for dispensations to existing regulatory requirements can occur, particularly
prior to restart after a planned outage. When requests are frequent this should trigger a
review of the adequacy of the regulatory requirement, or of whether production priorities
are being overemphasized at a possible disadvantage to safety
21.3.2.3. Employee issues
Excessive hours of work
A significant factor in the degradation of personal performance is fatigue. Safety culture
relies on optimum output in the areas of attention, questioning attitude, diligence and
fitness for duty, however, all these are adversely affected when a person is tired and
stressed. Working hours must be formulated and regulated to allow individuals to perform
their allotted duties within reasonable time scales, without imposing undue pressures
which can induce unsafe and undesirable consequences.
Number of persons not completing adequate training
Training plays an integral role in the safety culture of an organization and the regulator
would want to be assured that adequate attention was being paid to the quality and
applicability of training programmes. These aspects are checked by submission,
examination and acceptance of the training required by the regulator, however, the
attendance and performance of staff at training sessions needs ongoing attention. When
this information is correlated with the results of occurrence analysis, particularly if
groups or departments are highlighted, it provides supporting evidence that further
investigation and targeted corrective action may be needed in the area of training.
Failure to use suitably qualified and experienced persons
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