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Categorizing errors in high‐reliability organizations: Adaptive range and adaptive capacity in incident response

open access: yesRisk Analysis, Volume 45, Issue 8, Page 2356-2374, August 2025.
Abstract This study examines how actors in a high‐reliability organization categorize errors as near‐misses or accidents through the lens of adaptive capacity and adaptive range. We studied a large defense entity with operations critical to national security to understand how organization members categorized errors during incidents. Using the repertory
Elmar Kutsch   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Interception of the Fukushima reactor accident‐derived137Cs, 134Cs and 131I by coniferous forest canopies

open access: yesGeophysical Research Letters, 2012
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident resulted in extensive radioactive contamination of the surrounding forests. In this study, we analyzed fallout 137Cs, 134Cs, and 131I in rainwater, throughfall, and stemflow in coniferous forest ...
Hiroaki Kato, Yuichi Onda, Takashi Gomi
doaj   +1 more source

SOME HEALTH INDEXES OF CHERNOBYL LIQUIDATORS (DELAYED EFFECTS)

open access: yesРадиационная гигиена, 2015
Twelve to twenty years after the Chernobyl accident, liquidators that have been exposed to a wide range of doses (200-890 mSv) show radiophobia. The achieved level of adaptation to life is associated with overstrain in emotional and somatic spheres.
O. V. Baranova   +2 more
doaj  

Microcirculatory bed changes in Chernobyl NPS accident liquidators during follow-up period

open access: yesБюллетень сибирской медицины, 2005
Mechanisms of microcirculatory vascular bed injuries in Chernobyl NPS accident liquidators are considered in the paper. Liquidators who participated in reconstructive works on the territory of nuclear power-station were influenced by non-considered ...
Ya. V. Porovsky
doaj   +1 more source

THE INTEGRATION OF HIGH-TECH PRODUCTION AND OPTIMIZATION OF PUBLIC OWNERSHIP: AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS

open access: yesWorld Review of Political Economy, 2011
Nuclear utilization and nuclear leaks reveal the merits and demerits of different types of enterprise ownership. The Fukushima accident is typical of the fatal defects of private capital, while the Chernobyl accident demonstrates ...
Chengxun Yang, Chengyu Yang
doaj   +1 more source

CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT: RATIONALE AND REALIZATION OF DECISIONS ON PROTECTION OF THE POPULATION

open access: yesРадиационная гигиена, 2015
Regulation of decision making on protection of the public from radiation exposure caused by the Chernobyl accident is retrospectively reviewed. Decisions on prime countermeasures such as evacuation of population from 30 km zone around the Chernobyl ...
Yu. O. Konstantinov
doaj  

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