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STUK YVL A.3 Leadership and Management for Safety Guide Explanatory Memorandum

Guide YVL A.3, Leadership and management for safety, is published by the Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK). This explanatory memorandum, reference 92/0002/2016 and dated March 15, 2019, describes the starting points and justifications for the Guide's requirements on management responsibilities and risk management.

The Guide addresses leadership, safety culture and the management system, including planning, implementation, maintenance, assessment and improvement. It applies to an organisation applying for a construction or operating licence for a nuclear facility, or one constructing or operating a nuclear facility, and its requirements also apply to the plant supplier and all safety-significant suppliers to the appropriate extent.

Covers: Introduction · Scope of application · Justifications of the requirements · Management system · Safety culture · Management of human and organisational factors