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Assessment and perception of risk

Abstract

A recent two-day meeting was called by the Royal Society to discuss all types of risks, but symptomatic of the concerns of most of those present, the discussion centred mainly on the risks inherent in energy production and use. Among the subjects considered were public perception of differing risks, and how these are ranked, and risks versus benefits. Quotations from and summaries of many of the papers presented show that it was generally felt that scientists must be very careful in the way that they use numerical assessments of risk and that they should pay more attention than they have to social and political factors.
Authors:
Publication Date:
Jan 01, 1981
Product Type:
Journal Article
Reference Number:
AIX-12-595908; EDB-81-068270
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Atom; (United Kingdom); Journal Volume: 291
Subject:
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; ENERGY SOURCES; RISK ASSESSMENT; NUCLEAR POWER; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; HEALTH HAZARDS; MEETINGS; POWER GENERATION; PUBLIC OPINION; HAZARDS; POWER; 290600* - Energy Planning & Policy- Nuclear Energy
OSTI ID:
6590384
Country of Origin:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: CODEN: ATMMA
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
Pages: 9-13
Announcement Date:
Apr 01, 1981

Citation Formats

Daglish, J. Assessment and perception of risk. United Kingdom: N. p., 1981. Web.
Daglish, J. Assessment and perception of risk. United Kingdom.
Daglish, J. 1981. "Assessment and perception of risk." United Kingdom.
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abstractNote = {A recent two-day meeting was called by the Royal Society to discuss all types of risks, but symptomatic of the concerns of most of those present, the discussion centred mainly on the risks inherent in energy production and use. Among the subjects considered were public perception of differing risks, and how these are ranked, and risks versus benefits. Quotations from and summaries of many of the papers presented show that it was generally felt that scientists must be very careful in the way that they use numerical assessments of risk and that they should pay more attention than they have to social and political factors.}
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volume = {291}
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