Indicators for an effective nuclear safety culture include, in particular: the commitment at all levels of staff and management within an organisation to nuclear safety and its continuous improvement; the promotion of the ability of staff at all levels to question the delivery of relevant safety principles and practices to continuously improve nuclear safety; the ability of staff to report safety issues in a timely manner; the identification of the lessons learnt from operational experience; and the systematic reporting of any dev ...[+++]iation from normal operating conditions or arrangements relevant to accident management that have the potential to have an impact on nuclear safety.

57.The Community support to the G7 Action Plan includes a contribution to financing the short term safety improvements of Chernobyl via the Nuclear Safety Account managed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development before closure, decommissioning, addressing the social consequences of closure, contributing to the Shelter Implementation Plan and participating in the financing of substitution facilities in line with previous commitments compensating for Ukraine's energy losses, provided that all necessary due diligence procedures can be concluded satisfactorily, including the establishment of an agreed position regarding the lo ...[+++]an conditionality and the wording of the loan and guarantee agreement and provided that Ukraine stands by its commitment to implement the 1995 Memorandum of Understanding.

by encouraging Russian commitment to nuclear safety in the framework of the Convention on Nuclear Safety, through the Nuclear Safety Account Agreement and in the framework of international initiatives and by helping to strengthen the Russian nuclear safety regulatory authority (GAN);

Community contribution to the EBRD nuclear safety account The Council authorized the Commission to negotiate the Community contribution to the EBRD Nuclear Safety Account.

As part of its nuclear safety policy, the Commission has just decided to contribute 20 MECU from its TACIS and PHARE programmes to the Nuclear Safety Account which the G7 Munich meeting decided to establish.

We shall ensure that through efficient collaboration with the EBRD, the new nuclear Safety Account enables the most pressing needs to be answered swiftly".