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Human and Organizational Factors in Nuclear Safety
The meeting minutes allowed the expert to inform the licensee of his
impressions and check whether the evidence on which they were based was
“validated” by the licensee. This approach follows one of the principles of the
IRSN assessment: “At the end of the review, the expert and the licensee must
agree on the points of disagreement.”
Among the resources available to the expert during the review stage,
mention must be made of the assessment coordinator and his knowledge. The
coordinator was the expert’s first “client” and assisted and guided him during his
investigation. He was by his side ...