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Human and Organizational Factors in Nuclear Safety
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Human and Organizational Factors in Nuclear Safety

by Gregory Rolina
August 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
294 pages
9h 59m
English
CRC Press
Content preview from Human and Organizational Factors in Nuclear Safety
Chapter 1. The Emergence of Human Factors
in Institutions of Technical Dialogue
The history of nuclear safety in France is characterized by a sort of
“organizational internalization of risks”, that is, a risk management process
maintained within the organizations involved in nuclear power.”
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After World
War II, nuclear safety and control policies, in large part imported, were
developed within France’s Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), the body
responsible for promoting nuclear energy. The 1970s were marked by the
implementation of an ambitious nuclear power program based on pressurized
water technology imported from the United States and entrusted ...
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ISBN: 9781138000353