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On October 5, 2001, the 25th Safety Caravan was held at the Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc.'s Kashiwazaki Kariwa Nuclear Power Station, which is located in Niigata Prefecture's Kashiwazaki City and Kariwa Village, Kariwa-gun.
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Safety Presentation |
About 80 people attended the safety presentation, including staff of the power station and staff of cooperating companies.
The deputy plant manager of the power station opened the presentation with the following greetings: "We are engaged in a variety of efforts here at our power station, but facing us directly is the issue of how to improve quality in the midst of the current severe environment. I think it is therefore necessary to earnestly challenge the issue from the perspective of aiming at increasing the degree of quality. I think today's presentation will provide us with the chance to hear stories that we can use as reference. We would then like to use as effectively as possible what we have gained through these activities at our power station." |
Safety Presentation
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Following introductions of NSnet activities, a lecturer from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., gave a lecture titled " Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' safety and quality assurance activities : ensuring error-free work." |
The lecture included details about the safety and quality assurance activities currently carried out by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. These included communication improvement activities, such as "Why not ? Activities' through Meister Patrols" and "Use of 'Question sheet' activities" as well as introductions of "Strategic Training Map" for the prevention of human error and efforts to prevent mistakes by consistently incorporating "Reading sessions of operation manuals" in the process prior to the local dispatch of workers, and the like.
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Discussion session |
Discussion session
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At the discussion session, NSnet introduced the current status regarding the conducting of a peer review and the exclusive website for the members.
Tokyo Electric Power introduced its efforts to foster a safety culture, including the formulation of safety promotion slogans, the issuance of a plant newsletter, the creation of various award systems, and the convening of social gatherings involving the local community, and the like.
After that, there was a discussion, from which resulted the following main opinions:
- We have conducted an organizational inspection survey of all plant staff related to our safety culture, and with regard to the "ideal safety culture situation," the survey is proving useful in maintenance and improvement at the level of individual consciousness.
- We have established in our offices a safety culture library, including books, lecture minutes, and VCRs, and so on, as a means of fostering a culture of safety.
- We have placed electronic bulletin boards at strategic locations, and have achieved the timely sharing of information, including with our cooperating companies. |
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