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The paper gives an introduction to a session on “Organisational learning in nuclear safety”. It discusses connections between organisational factors and nuclear safety. It gives a short description of the LearnSafe1 project and it discusses challenges and research needs in the field of organisational factors. A conclusion is that more research is needed to establish an understanding of how organisation and management influences safety.
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Wahlström, B. (2004). Organisational learning; a path to safety and efficiency. In: Spitzer, C., Schmocker, U., Dang, V.N. (eds) Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-410-4_256
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