Role of Regulator in Promoting Safety Culture

In order to operate a nuclear installation safely, it is not enough to have a technically safe system. For safe operation, it is also equally important that the operating personnel should have a proper attitude to safety and the management, as well as the workers must be committed to safety and must realize that safety has the highest priority above all. This is the concept of safety culture.In spite of all recent efforts there is still room for improvement in understanding the concept of safety culture and implementing it effectively worldwide in the management of all NPPs.The main goal of this paper is to discuss the role of regulatory body in determining the level of the safety culture and how to promoteand assess safety culture. Also, this paper sheds the light on concerned with defining the attributes of a good safety culture and describing how nuclear plant operators can develop those attributes.