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Human and Organizational Factors in Nuclear Safety
4. ARGUMENTS AND OUTLINE OF THE BOOK
While use of assessment activity models and forms of control requires no
further justification, points of history regarding French nuclear safety institutions
will underline the pertinence of referring to the capture theory. The historical
perspective will also focus on the main principles of nuclear safety, and on the
emergence and inclusion of the human factors specialty in the French expert
assessment institute. This presentation will provide important insights into one
of the central points of our work: the nature of knowledge in human factors
assessment. Particular emphasis will be placed on the importance of a
conception of safety based on the ...