2025

Viitanen, Kaupo; Airola, Merja; Airila, Markus; Kotiluoto, Petri

This chapter presents safety culture lessons learned from the decommissioning of the FiR 1 research reactor in Finland, the first nuclear facility to be decommissioned in the country. The authors reflect on their experience as leaders and safety culture experts in the decommissioning project and discuss the following four topics: the organizational and cultural aspects of the decommissioning strategy, the organizational identity, the changes in working practices and mindset, and the interfaces with external parties. The chapter provides practical recommendations and lessons learned for each topic.