Working Group on Human and Organisational Factors (WGHOF)

The main missions of this working group are to improve the current understanding, to advance the utilisation of methodologies for human and organisational factor assessment and to address emerging safety issues in order to maintain and improve the safety of nuclear installations in member countries. In order to advance these aims, the group:

• meets to exchange information and experience about safety relevant human and organisational issues;
  
• discusses in detail, compare and benchmark when appropriate programs in Member countries;
  
• indicates where further research is needed;
  
• collaborates with other working groups (mainly the Working Group on Operating Experience and the Working Group on Risk Assessment) as necessary.

Mandate

Programme of work

Recent reports

Related links

Working Group on Operating Experience

Working Group on Risk Assessment

Halden Reactor Project

Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) overview

E-mail contact: Alejandro Huerta (alejandro.huerta@oecd.org)
These pages were last reviewed on 29 November 2007.