Overview
- Demonstrates the importance of holistic safety considerations
- Clarifies Fukushima Daichii and Deepwater Horizon were human or technical failures
- Unique reappraisal of the processes from a natural science and humanities perspective
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Table of contents (4 chapters)
Keywords
- Technical disasters
- Human error
- Chernobyl, Fukushima Daiichi, Deepwater Horizon
- Increase of entropy
- Risk concept
- Probability of damage and impact of damage
- Action competence
- Reactor disaster
- Seaquake, tsunami
- Oil platform, oil rig
- Cause-effect structure
- causal chain, intentional structure
- energy security
About this book
In our everyday imaginations we use the laws of nature with their tremendous possibilities of technical progress for the benefit of mankind.
The three catastrophes of Chernobyl (26 April 1986), Fukushima Daichii (11 March 2011) and in the Gulf of Mexico, explosion of the drilling platform Deepwater Horizon (20 April 2010), have shaken this world view.
Who directed this development? Is it a matter of human error or technical failure?
For the answer, approaches from the natural sciences and the humanities are presented.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Volker Hoensch studied mechanical engineering at the University of Stuttgart, majoring in nuclear energetics and thermal fluid machinery. In his professional career, he has been particularly concerned with human reliability issues. He has made many contributions in this field, especially to the International Atomic Energy Agency at the United Nations (UN).
After the nuclear disaster of Chernobyl in 1986, the author worked exclusively internationally. After working for several years at the World Association of Nuclear Operators, Paris Centre, the European Union appointed him project manager for the safety of nuclear power plants in the Ukraine. In February 2006, he received his doctorate from the Technical University of Munich on the experience gained in the performance behaviour of nuclear power plants.
He is a member of the working group "Human Reliability" at the Association of German Engineers.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Chernobyl, Fukushima Daiichi and Deepwater Horizon Disasters from a Natural Science and Humanities Perspective
Authors: Volker Hoensch
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-65319-7
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer-Verlag GmbH, DE, part of Springer Nature 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-65318-0Published: 02 July 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-65319-7Published: 01 July 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 200
Number of Illustrations: 23 b/w illustrations
Topics: Nuclear Chemistry, Applied Science, multidisciplinary, Physical Chemistry, Philosophy of Technology, Energy Security