Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgments; The Contributors; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; Part 1 Public Perceptions of Nuclear Energy; 2. Psychological Aspects of Risk Perception; 3. Public Response to a Major Failure of a Controversial Technology; 4. Institutional Responses to Different Perceptions of Risk; Part 2 Local Responses to Nuclear Plants; 5. Reactions of Local Residents to the Accident at Three Mile Island; 6. Report of the Task Group on Behavioral Effects; 7. Community Attitudes Toward Nuclear Plants
8. Emergence of Community Doubts at Plymouth, MassachusettsPart 3 Institutional Responsibilities for Nuclear Energy; 9. Social Aspects of Nuclear Regulation; 10. Who Should Be Responsible for Public Safety?; 11. The Accident at Three Mile Island: The Contribution of the Social Sciences to the Evaluation of Emergency Preparedness and Response; 12. The Public's Right to Know: The Accident at Three Mile Island; 13. The Role of the Expert at Three Mile Island; Part 4 The Interaction of Social and Technical Systems; 14. Human Factors in the Design and Operation of Reactor Safety Systems
15. The Human Equation in Operating a Nuclear-Power Plant16. The President's Commission and the Normal Accident; 17. On the Design and Management of Nearly Error-Free Organizational Control Systems; Part 5 Implications for Public Policy; 18. The President's Commission: Its Analysis of the Human Equation; 19. Some Lessons Learned; Bibliography on the Accident at Three Mile Island; Index