Hostages of Each Other: The Transformation of Nuclear Safety since Three Mile Island

by Joseph V. Rees

Overview

Rees offers the first in-depth account of the extraordinary transformation in the safety standards, operations, and management of the nation's nuclear facilities spurred by the accident at Three Mile Island. Detailing the surprising success of self-regulation within the nuclear industry, his book reveals the possibilities for effective communitarian action.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780226706894
Publisher:	University of Chicago Press
Publication date:	08/03/2009
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	245
File size:	2 MB

Table of Contents

Preface

1: Introduction

Pt. 1: Discovering Institutions

2: Lessons of Three Mile Island

3: Nuclear Regulatory Commission

4: Institute of Nuclear Power Operations

Pt. 2: Communitarian Regulation

5: Industrial Morality

6: Communal Pressure

Pt. 3: Institutionalizing Responsibility

7: Learning from Experience

8: The Professionalism Project

9: Conclusion

Appendix: Nuclear Industry Safety Performance Indicators

Notes

Index