The nuclear community and the public: Cognitive and cultural influences on thinking about nuclear risk
- Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
This article examines why the public holds views of nuclear-related risk different from people working in the field of nuclear safety. In particular, the study looks at how feelings enter into thinking about risk. It focuses on (1) the nuclear community, specifically the technical experts who perform accident analyses, and the regulators who use these analyses in making risk assessments or policy decisions; and (2) the general public. This article summarizes these groups` approaches to nuclear risk and explores the effects of cognition and cultural conditioning in creating these differences. The goal is to increase the nuclear community`s understanding of the public`s approach to risk, as well as its own, in hopes of improving communication.
- OSTI ID:
- 440671
- Journal Information:
- Nuclear Safety, Vol. 37, Issue 2; Other Information: PBD: Apr-Jun 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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