Proceedings of a conference, Vienna, 4–8 September 1995. The aim of the symposium was to provide a forum for exchange on the operational safety of nuclear power plants with the purpose of further developing tools which permit a systematic comprehension of management and organizational effects on plant safety. The concept of safety culture, the concept of probabilistic safety assessment (PSA), risk analysis and operating experience feedback programmes represent such tools. In using these, human factors and organizational performance are of major importance. Many of these tools are capable of further development.
Contents: Opening session; Managing and regulating safe regulation; Safety performance and lessons learned; Improving operational safety using probabilistic safety analysis; Enhancing safety; Rapporteurs’ reports and closing remarks; Poster presentations.