Safety Culture And Best Practices At Japan's Fusion Research Facilities
Authors: K. Rule, L. Cadwallader, M. King, Y. Takase, Y. Oshima, K. Nishimura, and A. Sukegawa
Abstract: The Safety Monitor Joint Working Group (JWG) is one of the magnetic fusion
research collaborations between the US Department of Energy and the government of
Japan. Visits by occupational safety personnel are made to participating institutions on a
biennial basis. In the 2013 JWG visit of US representatives to Japan, the JWG members
noted a number of good safety practices in the safety walkthroughs. These good practices
and safety culture topics are discussed in this paper. The JWG hopes that these practices
for worker safety can be adopted at other facilities. It is a well-known, but unquantified,
safety principle that well run, safe facilities are more productive and efficient than other
facilities (Rule, 2009). Worker safety, worker productivity, and high quality in facility
operation all complement each other (Mottel, 1995).
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Submitted to: ANS Conference Proceedings, Anaheim, CA (November, 2014)
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