- Paperback: 128 pages
- Publisher: Progressive Media Markets Ltd; 2nd Revised edition edition (3 Aug 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1903077451
- ISBN-13: 978-1903077450
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.8 x 0.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 914,299 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In the nuclear industry – or in any other industry where an accident can have potentially devastating consequences – when things go wrong it is invariably the operator that gets the blame. But is it really the case that the operators of Chernobyl or Three Mile Island were, at least for a brief moment, simply incompetent?
Reactor Accidents by David Mosey explores in detail the events leading up to seven of the most serious accidents in history of the nuclear industry. In each of the cases analysed it is shown that the root causes of these accidents were not design flaws or the mistakes of individual operators, however much these may have affected the accident sequence. The root causes were rather deep-seated failings in the institutions involved in the operation of the nuclear plant – failings which allowed the adoption of flawed designs, the provision of inadequate operator support and guidance, and a dangerous overconfidence in the technology.
As Mosey points out in the Introduction to Reactor Accidents:
"To simply characterise the Three Mile Island accident as a minor mechanical failure which was allowed to escalate into a major accident through serious operator errors is a gross and dangerous distortion of the truth, actively concealing important human errors in nuclear plant design organisations, operating utilities and the regulatory authorities. If we cannot identify these errors in the glare of hindsight, then we have little hope of anticipating them in the future."
Institutional failure is the root cause of not only all seven accidents, but countless others from within and outside the nuclear industry. Reactor Accidents is essential reading for anyone who considers safety to be the top priority, whether working in the nuclear industry or any other field where the cost of an accident is too high a price to pay.
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Seven of the most significant accidents in the history of nuclear power are examined in detail, identifying root causes and looking for common features. In the cases analysed it is shown that the root causes of these accidents were not design flaws or the mistakes of individual operators, however much these may have affected the accident sequence. The root causes were rather deep seated failings in the institutions involved in the operation of the nuclear plant – failings which allowed the adoption of flawed designs, the provision of inadequate operator support and guidance, and a dangerous overconfidence in the technology.
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The 2nd Edition of Reactor Accidents, published by Nuclear Engineering International Special Publications, gives a highly readable account of seven reactor accident case studies. The causes of each accident are analysed from the twin perspectives of safety culture and institutional failure, with a discussion on the lessons that can be learned for managing modern nuclear reactor systems.
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