Title :
Development of a safety climate questionnaire for nuclear power plants
Author :
Rollenhagen, Carl ; Westerlund, Joakim
Author_Institution :
Vattenfall Power Consultant, P.O. Box 527, SE-162 16 Stockholm, Sweden
Abstract :
The present work describes the development of a safety climate questionnaire adapted for nuclear power installations. The survey was administered to all personnel at a Swedish nuclear power plant. Exploratory factor analysis revealed 8 factors together explaining 62% of the variance. The first factor was interpreted as Safety management and explained 38% of the variance. The other factors were labelled; Safety knowledge, Resources (time, personnel), Management/change management, Small group climate, Contractors, Documentation/experience feedback, and Occupational safety. The results are discussed and related to theoretical and methodological issues in safety culture and safety climate research.
Keywords :
Accidents; Analysis of variance; Knowledge management; Large-scale systems; Nuclear facility regulation; Occupational safety; Personnel; Power generation; Psychology; Security;
Conference_Titel :
Human Factors and Power Plants and HPRCT 13th Annual Meeting, 2007 IEEE 8th
Conference_Location :
Monterey, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0306-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0306-6
DOI :
10.1109/HFPP.2007.4413168
