Assessing safety culture in nuclear power stations

Safety Science

Volumn 34, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 61-97

  Lee, T ^a   Harrison, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nuclear accidents; Nuclear employees; Nuclear power stations; Safety attitudes; Safety culture

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PERSONNEL; RISK PERCEPTION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; SAFETY ATTITUDES; SAFETY CULTURE;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

BEHAVIOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMPLOYEE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MANAGER; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; ORGANIZATION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

EID: 0034125653     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-7535(00)00007-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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