Nuclear Safety Culture Policy Statement (Full Text) (Reprinted by CLP Fangda)

The use of nuclear energy and nuclear technology is the result of the development of modern scientific and technological civilization in human society, which brings benefits to mankind and is also accompanied by risks. Nuclear safety is the lifeline of the development of nuclear energy and nuclear technology utilization, and is an important part of national security. China has always adhered to the development of nuclear energy and nuclear technology on the premise of ensuring safety.

In order to implement the national security strategy, implement China's nuclear safety concept of "rationality, coordination and progress", fulfill national nuclear safety responsibilities and international nuclear safety obligations, vigorously cultivate and develop nuclear safety culture to improve the level of nuclear safety, and ensure the safe, healthy and sustainable development of nuclear energy and nuclear technology utilization, a nuclear safety culture policy statement is issued.

The policy statement aims to clarify the basic attitude towards nuclear safety culture, the principle requirements for cultivating and practicing nuclear safety culture. The national nuclear safety regulatory authorities and relevant departments, all nuclear energy and nuclear technology utilization units, engineering and service units and stakeholder units shall jointly abide by and practice the attitudes, positions and principles in this policy statement, strengthen the awareness of the rule of law, responsibility, risk and integrity, and create a cultural atmosphere that values nuclear safety, protects nuclear safety and cherishes nuclear safety.

China attaches great importance to the construction of nuclear safety culture, and constantly implements the concepts and principles of nuclear safety culture in all aspects of management, and adheres to the current national nuclear safety regulations and the latest nuclear safety standards, as well as the highest international safety requirements, to supervise the utilization of nuclear energy and nuclear technology. In the face of the accelerating development of nuclear power in China and the growing demand for public safety, China will more actively advocate, cultivate and disseminate the nuclear safety culture of the whole society, and continue to improve the cultural literacy of nuclear safety.

1. nuclear safety and nuclear safety culture

Nuclear safety refers to the necessary and adequate monitoring, protection, prevention and mitigation of nuclear facilities, nuclear activities, nuclear materials and radioactive materials to prevent accidents due to any technical reasons, man-made reasons or natural disasters, and to minimize the radiological consequences in the event of an accident, so as to protect workers, the public and the environment from undue radiation hazards.

Nuclear safety culture refers to the sum of values, codes of conduct and characteristics that all relevant organizations and individuals have reached consensus and put into practice with "safety first" as the fundamental policy and the ultimate goal of maintaining public health and environmental safety.

China pursues a nuclear security concept of "rationality, coordination, and simultaneous progress". Its core connotation is "four equal emphasis", that is, "equal emphasis on development and security, equal emphasis on rights and obligations, equal emphasis on autonomy and cooperation, equal emphasis on symptoms and root causes". The core values of the nuclear safety culture advocated by China are a summary of the experience of the international community and China's nuclear safety development.

Cultivation and Practice of 2. Nuclear Safety Culture

Nuclear safety culture needs to be internalized and externalized, so that the concept of safety above all else becomes the conscious action of the whole society; establish a management system with safety and quality assurance as the core, improve rules and regulations and earnestly implement them; strengthen team building, improve personnel training and incentive mechanisms, and form a team of talents with good safety awareness, rigorous work style, and excellent technical capabilities.

(I) the security concept and commitment of the decision-making level. The decision-making level should establish a correct concept of nuclear safety. In the decision-making process of establishing development goals, formulating development plans, building management systems, establishing regulatory mechanisms, and implementing safety responsibilities, we always adhere to the fundamental policy of "safety first", and make commitments to ensure safety goals.

(II) management's attitude and example. The management should set an example, give full play to the role of example and demonstration, improve the safety cultural literacy of the management, establish and strictly implement the safety management system, implement the safety responsibility, grant sufficient power to the safety post, give the safety measures sufficient resource guarantee, and deal with the safety related issues in a prudent and conservative manner.

(III) full participation and sense of responsibility. All staff correctly understand and understand their respective nuclear safety responsibilities, make safety commitments, strictly implement various safety regulations, and form a working atmosphere in which everyone is the creator and maintainer of safety.

(IV) foster learning organizations. All organizations should formulate systematic learning plans, actively carry out training, evaluation and improvement actions, encourage learning and improve employees' comprehensive skills, and form a learning atmosphere of inheritance and development, continuous improvement, guard against arrogance and rashness, continuous innovation, pursuit of excellence, and self-transcendence.

(V) build a comprehensive and effective management system. The government should establish a sound scientific and reasonable management system and strict supervision mechanism; operating units should establish a scientific and reasonable management system. Ensure that no consideration in setting policy, setting up institutions, allocating resources, developing plans, scheduling, controlling costs, etc., takes precedence over safety.

(VI) create a suitable working environment. Set appropriate working hours and labor intensity, provide convenient infrastructure and hardware conditions, establish an open and fair incentive and employee promotion mechanism; strengthen communication, resolve conflicts and contradictions objectively and fairly, and create a working atmosphere of mutual respect, high trust, unity and cooperation.

(VII) establish a mechanism for questioning, reporting and feedback on safety issues. Advocate a rigorous questioning attitude towards safety issues; establish a mechanism to encourage all employees to report safety-related issues freely and ensure that they will not be discriminated against and retaliated against; managers should promptly respond to and reasonably solve potential problems and safety hazards reported by employees; establish an effective experience feedback system, combined with case education, to prevent human error.

(VIII) create harmonious public relations. Through information disclosure, public participation, science popularization and other forms of public communication, to ensure the public's right to know, the right to participate and the right to supervise; decision-makers and management should listen to different opinions through multiple channels with an open mind, and properly treat and handle stakeholders Various demands of people.

Continued promotion of 3. nuclear safety culture

The cultivation of a nuclear safety culture is a long-term process that should be continuously promoted.

Practitioners should be strict with themselves, develop meticulous good work habits and questioning work attitudes, avoid any complacency, establish a sense of responsibility and responsibility, form the concept of the rule of law of learning, knowing and abiding by the law, and continue to improve Personal nuclear safety cultural literacy.

Nuclear energy and nuclear technology utilization units must make a commitment to build their own nuclear safety assurance institutions, integrate a good nuclear safety culture into all aspects of production and management, and ensure that everything has rules to follow, everything has evidence to check, and everyone is responsible., Everyone is supervised; increase the investment in cultivating nuclear safety culture, and regularly self-evaluate the unit's nuclear safety culture cultivation status, work progress and safety performance, ensure that the construction of nuclear safety culture is effectively implemented in the unit.

Nuclear safety regulatory departments and relevant government departments should strengthen policy guidance, formulate relevant policies to encourage the cultivation of nuclear safety culture, and strengthen implementation; continue to uphold the regulatory concept of "independence, openness, rule of law, rationality and effectiveness" and strict and meticulous work style; adhere to scientific legislation and administration according to law to ensure the independence, authority and effectiveness of government supervision.

Promote peer assessment, encourage third-party assessment activities to cultivate and practice nuclear safety culture, learn from successful experience, identify weaknesses and problems in a timely manner, and actively correct and improve. At the same time, we advocate good practices to enhance nuclear safety culture, carry out industry-wide nuclear safety cultural experience exchanges, promote good practice cases and successful experiences, and make nuclear safety culture a professional belief for all practitioners.

Nuclear safety culture is a summary of the practical experience of nuclear energy and nuclear technology utilization, the cornerstone of the nuclear safety building, and an integral part of the advanced culture of society. It will be further promoted, innovated and developed with the continuous development of nuclear and nuclear safety undertakings. Play a role in ensuring nuclear safety, protecting public health and environmental safety.

The Chinese government will continue to deepen exchanges and cooperation with countries and international organizations in the field of nuclear energy, including nuclear safety, earnestly fulfill the obligations of the nuclear energy conventions it has signed, implement multilateral and bilateral commitments on nuclear safety, and work with the international community to prevent and resolve Nuclear safety risks have made positive contributions to improving global nuclear safety.

Original title: Policy Statement on Nuclear Safety Culture