Contents
PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH VERSION IX
PREFACE XI
INTRODUCTION 1
1. CHALLENGES AND ISSUES IN THE BOOK 2
2. THE RESEARCH METHOD 5
3. MODELS OF ASSESSMENT ACTIVITY, FORMS OF CONTROL AND CAPTURE
T
HEORY 7
4. ARGUMENTS AND OUTLINE OF THE BOOK 16
PART ONE.
TECHNICAL DIALOGUE AND HUMAN FACTORS:
A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE 19
CHAPTER 1. THE EMERGENCE OF HUMAN FACTORS IN
INSTITUTIONS OF TECHNICAL DIALOGUE 21
1. THE ADVENT OF NUCLEAR SAFETY IN FRANCE AT THE CEA 22
2. THE DEVELOPMENT OF FRANCE’S NUCLEAR POWER PROGRAM 31
3. THE THREE MILE ISLAND ACCIDENT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES 41
CHAPTER 2. INCORPORATION OF HUMAN FACTORS IN
ASSESSMENT PROCESSES 47
1. GENEALOGY OF THE WORK OF THE INSTITUTE’S HUMAN FACTORS EXPERTS 48
2. RESTRUCTURED NUCLEAR SAFETY ...