Human Factors in the Nuclear Industry

Dr. Anna-Maria Teperi is a Chief Researcher at the unit of Occupational Safety in Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH) in Finland. She is a docent at Tampere University, with the field of Human Factors (HF) in Safety Management. She has 20 years of experience in research and implementation of HF to safety management systems at safety critical fields such as air navigation services, nuclear industry and railway. She holds a PhD from Helsinki University Behavioral Sciences and is licentiate in work and organization psychology from University of Helsinki, Master's degree in psychology from University of Tampere and pedagogical qualifications from the Helsinki Business Polytechnic. Previously, she worked as a head psychologist and development manager in Occupational Health Centre in City of Helsinki, acted as a chair of Nuclear Safety Committee at License Applicant and a reference group member at the Finnish Research Programme on Nuclear Power Plant Safety. She has also acted as a HF expert for Finnish Accident Investigation Board. Dr. Nadezhda Gotcheva is a Research Team Leader of ‘Safety in complex sociotechnical systems’ team in VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd. She holds a PhD from Tampere University of Technology (currently: Tampere University), Finland, an MBA from joint master’s program of Erasmus University Rotterdam and Sofia University, and a Master’s degree in organizational and clinical psychology from Sofia University, Bulgaria. Her expertise is in organizational and institutional factors in safety-critical organizations, currently focusing on safety culture evaluation and development in the nuclear power industry and management, leadership and governance for safety in complex inter-organizational project networks. Dr. Gotcheva has contributed to development of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) documents on Continuous Improvement of Safety Culture and revisions of IAEA’s Safety Culture Continuous Improvement Plan (SCCIP). She is a certified Foresight Practitioner (Institute for the Future, USA) and Human Systems Dynamics Professional (HSD Institute, USA).