Publication Date:
1987-05-08
Description:
The causes and progress of the accident at Chernobyl are described, and a comparison between the Chernobyl accident and the 1979 accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power station is made. Significant similarities between Chernobyl and Three Mile Island include complacency of operators and industry, deliberate negation of safety systems, and a lack of understanding of their plant on the part of the operators, which shows the critical importance of the human element. The Chernobyl accident has implications for nuclear power in the United States; it will affect the research program of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, regulation of Department of Energy reactors, new reactor designs, and public attitudes.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Ahearne, J F -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1987 May 8;236(4802):673-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3576192" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
*Accident Prevention
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*Accidents
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Austria
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International Agencies
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*Nuclear Energy
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*Nuclear Reactors
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Ussr
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Ukraine
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United States
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
