Essays about: "Safety oversight"

Found 3 essays containing the words Safety oversight.

  1. 1. Risk Implications of Small Modular Nuclear Reactor Implementations: the Case of the Nordics

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik

    Author : Denis Mijolović; [2023]
    Keywords : Small Modular Nuclear Reactors; Nuclear Energy; Energy Policy; Energy Transition; Risk Management; Scandinavian Energy Strategy;

    Abstract : Climate change is no novelty – we witness its disastrous impact more and more by each day. Although we already started envisaging a future where the vitality of our societies is derived not from conventional fossil fuels, but from a sophisticated, clean, and steadfast energy source – the latest benchmarks tracked by leading global energy agencies show grim performance, thereby calling for an intervention. READ MORE

  2. 2. Does the oversight model lead to power relations in terms of empowerment or responsibilization?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Torsten Olsen; [2017]
    Keywords : Safety oversight; regulatory oversight; Oversight model; power relations; empowerment; responsibilization; FLMU06; Technology and Engineering; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In public safety oversight authorities are traditionally assumed responsible of safeguarding operation and promoting safety by defining prescriptions and observing that they are complied with. Regulated entities on their side are assumed responsibility for complying. READ MORE

  3. 3. How can aviation regulators retain effectiveness in a performance-based environment?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Kirsten Sønderby; [2016]
    Keywords : Performance-based regulation; effective regulation; changing safety regime; FLMU06; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Regulation of aviation has entered into a deliberate and noticeably movement away from purely compliance-based regulation towards performance-based regulation, by which the providers and operators are required to reach a certain level of performance, while being granted a larger degree of freedom to choose the methods to achieve their target. Hence the focus of the entire aviation community is shifting to the performance of organizations and their safety management systems, and a change of the regulation, the safety oversight and thereby the role of the regulators becomes necessary. READ MORE