Preparing For Nuclear Power Plant Accidents

Part 1 Introduction: looking to the next accident, Dominic Golding and Roger E. Kasperson. Part 2 Reactor accidents and their implications: characteristics of nuclear accidents and their implications for emergency planning, Robert Goble and Gordon Thompson lessons of the Chernobyl accident for nuclear emergency planning, Robert Goble and Christoph Hohenemser the MACCS model - its uses and limitations in planning for protective actions, Robert Goble, et al uses of probabilistic risk analysis in emergency response planning for nuclear power plant accidents, Robert Goble and Gordon Thompson preparing for early medical responses to serious nuclear plant accidents, Jennifer Leaning. Part 3 Emergency decision making: stress and nuclear emergencies, Andrew Baum judgement and decision making in emergency situations, Paul Slovic organizational decision-making theory and technological emergencies, Seth Tuler designing effective decision systems for responding to nuclear plant emergencies, Roger E. Kasperson, et al warning system problems and definition, Dennis Mileti and John Sorenson organization aspects of warning systems, Dennis Mileti and John Sorenson warning the public, Dennis Mileti and John Sorenson pre-emergency information programmes, John Sorensen and Dennis Mileti. Part 4 Community and public response: issues in emergency response resources and community planning, John Seley, et al public and community involvement in implementing emergency plans, Charles P. Wolf public concerns and emergency planning, John Seley, et al public and community involvement in implementing emergency plans, Charles P. Wolf public concerns and emergency planning - a content analysis of newspaper coverage in the Three Mile Island region, Edward Walsh risk perception and public response to nuclear emergencies, Paul Slovic US nuclear emergency planning in context: emergency planning for nuclear accidents in three European countries, Ortwin Renn.