Risk perception, safety goals and regulatory decision-making

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 135-139

  Hoegberg, Lars ^a  

^a Swedish Radiation Protection Authority   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH RISKS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

REGULATORY DECISION MAKING; RISK PROFILE BASED LICENSING; SAFETY GOALS;

RISK PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031599088     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(97)00134-8     Document Type: Article

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