Learning from Incidents and Incident Reporting
Safety Governance at a Belgian Nuclear Research Center
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5337142 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nicolas Rossignol (0000-0002-5055-1076, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium, corresponding author), Michiel Van Oudheusden (0000-0003-3748-0469, SCK•CEN, Mol, Belgium) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 679-702 |
| Publication date | 2017-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Science Technology & Human Values (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0162-2439 • E-ISSN: 1552-8251 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0162243916686168 |
| OpenAlex | W2577588325 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 38 |
This article examines how incidents are governed in a Belgian Nuclear Research Center by way of an incident reporting system (IRS) named Retour d'Experiences (REX). Drawing on a documentary analysis of incident reports, interviews, and focus groups with personnel, it illustrates how REX enacts a safety governmentality centered on identifying incident causes and culprits. As this governmentality mode obscures the epistemic and political character of incidents, it closes down important opportunities for collective learning about safety and safety governance. It is argued that joint reflection about incidents and resistances toward incident reporting serve as fruitful starting points for a more reflexive safety governance that makes explicit how decisions are made in high-risk contexts. Social scientists can enhance governance of this kind by pointing to different perceptions and evaluations of incidents and by insisting that contending interpretations are confronted and accounted for
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2024 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |