Published April 1996 | Version v1
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The role of engineering judgement, safety culture, and organizational factors in risk assessment

  • 1. Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Ottawa (Canada)
  • 2. Ajou Univ., Suwon (Korea, Republic of)

Description

This paper reviews the role of engineering judgement, safety culture, and organizational factors in risk assessment by examining the reasons for human-based error. The need for more emphasis on producing engineers with good engineering judgement is described. The progress in quantifying the role of safety culture and organizational factors in risk assessment studies is summarized

Part of:
Proceedings of the 11th KAIF/KNS Annual Conference

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
KAIF-KNS
Imprint Place
Seoul (Korea, Republic of)
Imprint Title
Proceedings of the 11th KAIF/KNS Annual Conference
Imprint Pagination
864 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 133-142

Conference

Title
11. KAIF/KNS Annual Conference
Dates
11-12 Apr 1996
Place
Seoul (Korea, Republic of)

INIS

Country of Publication
Korea, Republic of
Country of Input or Organization
Korea, Republic of
INIS RN
44076754
Subject category
S22: GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
ERRORS; HUMAN POPULATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY CULTURE
Descriptors DEC
ATTITUDES; POPULATIONS

Optional Information

Notes
Imprint:15 refs, 1 tab