The safety and reliability of complex energy processing systems

Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning and Policy

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 141-154

  Meshakti, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidents; Chemical processing plants; Energy; Human factors; Nuclear power plants; Organizational factors; Safety culture

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

CHEMICAL PROCESSING PLANTS; HUMAN FACTORS; ORGANIZATIONAL FACTORS; SAFETY CULTURE;

LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS;

EID: 34548380006     PISSN: 15567249     EISSN: 15567257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15567240500400838     Document Type: Article

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