Initiatives of Japanese nuclear industry to improve nuclear safety after the Fukushima Daiichi accident

KUGO Akihide

Director, Human Resource Development Division, Japan Nuclear Safety Institute, 15F Mita-Bellju-Bldg., 5-36-7 Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0014, Japan (kugo.akihide@genanshin.jp)

Abstract: The Fukushima Daiichi accident provided strong lessons to the nuclear industry in Japan from the aspect that the industry must not be just satisfied with meeting the national regulatory requirement but that they should pursue further efforts towards higher performance without complacency. The Japan Nuclear Safety Institute (JANSI) was established in November 2012, as an independent organization from the nuclear industrial organizations in Japan, to lead them in making continuous efforts to realize the highest level of safety in the world. The current activity initiated by JANSI has been the reformation of organizational management in the nuclear industry to recognize safety culture with more commitment from top leaders to enhancing nuclear safety and the related human resource development than before the Fukushima Daiichi accident .
Keywords: nuclear safety; defense-in-depth; safety culture; human resource development