Finnish Expertise in Safety Culture Assessment and Development in Decommissioning Projects: European Case Studies

Kaupo Viitanen; Nadezhda Gotcheva; Merja Airola; Markus Airila; Petri Kotiluoto

Finnish Expertise in Safety Culture Assessment and Development in Decommissioning Projects: European Case Studies

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VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has over 20 years of experience in organizational safety research. This paper presents VTT’s practical experience in assessing safety culture and supporting safety culture development in decommissioning projects. It integrates safety culture-related insights from VTT's own FiR 1 research reactor decommissioning project and from multiple decommissioning projects in the European Union.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	52nd annual Waste Management Symposia (WM) Proceedings
Number of pages	9
Publication status	Accepted/In press - 2026
MoE publication type	D3 Professional conference proceedings
Event	52nd Waste Management Symposia, WM 2026 - Phoenix, United States Duration: 8 Mar 2026 → 12 Mar 2026 https://www.wmsym.org/conference-information/wm2026-conference/

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Conference	52nd Waste Management Symposia, WM 2026
Abbreviated title	WM2026
Country/Territory	United States
City	Phoenix
Period	8/03/26 → 12/03/26
Internet address	https://www.wmsym.org/conference-information/wm2026-conference/

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Viitanen et al. (2026) WM2026 26548Accepted author manuscript, 266 KB

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