Published 1988 | Version v1
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Errors and violations

Creators

  • 1. Dept. of Psychology, Univ. of Manchester, Manchester (UK)

Description

This paper is in three parts. The first part summarizes the human failures responsible for the Chernobyl disaster and argues that, in considering the human contribution to power plant emergencies, it is necessary to distinguish between: errors and violations; and active and latent failures. The second part presents empirical evidence, drawn from driver behavior, which suggest that errors and violations have different psychological origins. The concluding part outlines a resident pathogen view of accident causation, and seeks to identify the various system pathways along which errors and violations may be propagated

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
IEEE Service Center.
Imprint Place
Piscataway, NJ (USA)
Imprint Title
Proceedings of the 1988 IEEE fourth conference on human factors and power plants
Imprint Pagination
vp.
Journal Page Range
p. 537-540.

Conference

Title
4. international conference on human factors and power plants.
Dates
5-8 Jun 1988.
Place
Monterey, CA (USA).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
20084685
Subject category
S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
BEHAVIOR; CHERNOBYLSK-4 REACTOR; ERRORS; FAILURE MODE ANALYSIS; HUMAN FACTORS; REACTOR OPERATORS; TRANSIENT OVERPOWER ACCIDENTS
Descriptors DEC
ACCIDENTS; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS; LWGR TYPE REACTORS; PERSONNEL; POWER REACTORS; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; REACTORS; SYSTEM FAILURE ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
CONF-880633--.