Technical Meeting on

Integration of Safety Culture into

Regulatory Practices and

the Regulatory Decision Making Process

IAEA Headquarters

Vienna, Austria 6–8 October 2014

Jamshed Azim Hashmi Chairman Emeritus, PNRA

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• We do not believe any group of men adequate enough or wise enough to operate without scrutiny or without criticism

• We know that the only way to avoid error is to detect it

• The only way to detect it is to be free to enquire

• We know that in secrecy error, undetected will flourish and subvert

OPPENHEIMER 1951

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• Safety regulation evolved over the years (1964) culminating in independent regulatory authority (PNRA) in January 2001

• What does regulatory independence mean to me?

• First step – the organization

• Its vision and mission

• Annual internal performance evaluation is submitted to Prime Minister

• External evaluation of PNRA by LUMS

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• Started the Leadership Program (LDP)

• Follow-ups & interaction

• LDP’s self assessment

• Core values

• Licensee relationship – not adversarial but mentoring approach

• Knowledge is power

• Fountainhead of knowledge: IAEA our umbilical cord

• Efforts at SC peer review of NPP’s

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THE FUTURE

• SCSA

• Seamless integration into core functions of PNRA

• Leadership emerging from bottom of pyramid

• Five pointed star – holistic approach to safety and safety culture enhancement and the need for continuous improvement

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VISION

• To become a world class regulatory body with highly trained, competent and dedicated personnel working in unison with a zeal to foster a positive safety culture in their licensees and to regulate nuclear safety to protect the public, the workers and the environment from the harmful effects of radiation in a manner that wins the confidence of all the stakeholders viz. the public, the Government and the licensees

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MISSION

• To ensure the safe operation of nuclear facilities and protect the radiation workers, general public and the environment from the harmful effects of radiation by formulating and implementing effective regulations and building a relationship of trust with the licensees and maintaining transparency in actions and decisions taken by the regulatory body

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CORE VALUES

• PNRA staff members work in an atmosphere of openness and trust. They observe the following core values while continuously assessing the quality of their work and directing their efforts towards excellence in performance

Integrity

Transparency

Independence in Decision Making

Competence and Professionalism

Mutual Respect

Caring and Compassionate Attitude

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Technical Meeting on Integration of Safety Culture into Regulatory Practices

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Assessment of PNRA Performance in 2013

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Operator

Regulator

Universities R&D Organizations

Vendor

Public

Stakeholders in

Nuclear Power

Technical Meeting on Integration of Safety Culture into Regulatory Practices

and the Regulatory Decision Making Process