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I've been reading "Normal Accidents" by Perrow. I started reading the book expecting an even-keeled explanation of risk, but I was pretty shocked by how prejudi
by csours 6y ago
I've been reading "Normal Accidents" by Perrow. I started reading the book expecting an even-keeled explanation of risk, but I was pretty shocked by how prejudiced against Nuclear the tone was.
It was also a reminder of how TERRIBLE the industrial design (aka UX) of reactor monitoring and controls were at the time the book was written (1984).
So many of the things he seems to have felt were insurmountable could be solved by better design, something the book goes a long way toward dismissing.
Anti-nuclear sentiment seems to be one of those things that became widely fashionable, and Pro-nuclear became demonized.
- M2Ys4U 6y ago>Anti-nuclear sentiment seems to be one of those things that became widely fashionable, and Pro-nuclear became demonized. There was a concerted effort to connect all nuclear power with nuclear weapons in the 80's and 90's. The effects of that are still with us.
- xmprt 6y agoIt's still a thing today. Look at the Iran deal. I don't know enough to comment on whether its a good or bad thing but a lot of people think that Iran purifying Uranium == Iran developing nukes.