Nature 267, 92 - 93 (12 May 1977); doi:10.1038/267092a0

Today's risks: thinking the unthinkable

Reg Farmer

Safety Adviser to the UK Atomic Energy Authority and Visiting Professor at Imperial College of Science and Technology

Reg Farmer, Safety Adviser to the UK Atomic Energy Authority and Visiting Professor at Imperial College of Science and Technology, offers his perspective on risk in modern society

References

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2.	WASH-1400, Reactor Safety Study—An Assessment of Accident Risks in US Commercial Nuclear Power Plants, USNRC, October 1975.
3.	Okrent, D. Investigation of Charges relating to Nuclear Reactor Safety, Hearings before the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, Congress of the United States, 94 Congress, Second Session, 2, Appendixes 12–19.