Chernobyl

28/06/2019 35 min
Chernobyl

Listen "Chernobyl"

Episode Synopsis

How can we avoid the end of the world through nuclear and other cataclysmic accidents? Could Chernobyl happen again? How can we design our systems and train our people to prevent accidents? We discuss with our guest Tom Plant.

Image: Kamil Porembiński via Flickr

Things mentioned in this podcast:
- World nuclear industry status report https://www.worldnuclearreport.org/IMG/pdf/20180902wnisr2018-hr.pdf
- Timeline of nuclear accidents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_and_radiation_accidents_and_incidents
- NYT article comparing nuclear with coal https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/nuclear-power-is-safest-way-to-make-electricity-according-to-2007-study/2011/03/22/AFQUbyQC_story.html?utm_term=.1cf223d52f55
- Long-run fatalities according to HSE http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/fatals.htm

For more Cognitive Engineering episodes find us on iTunes, Google Play or wherever you get your podcasts, or add this RSS feed to your preferred player: feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:219479129/sounds.rss

More episodes of the podcast Cognitive Engineering

Lost Media 27/11/2024
Crap Internet 27/11/2024
Big Companies 20/11/2024
Am I Old? 06/11/2024
Hobbies 09/10/2024
Why History? 28/08/2024