New Risk Management Findings from PSL Research University Outlined (Industrial Safety and Utopia: Insights from the Fukushima Daiichi Accident)

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By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News -- Fresh data on Risk Management are presented in a new report. According to news originating from Sophia Antipolis, France, by VerticalNews correspondents, research stated, "Feedback from industrial accidents is provided by various state or even international, institutions, and lessons learned can be controversial. However, there has been little research into organizational learning at the international level."

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from PSL Research University, "This article helps to fill the gap through an in-depth review of official reports of the Fukushima Daiichi accident published shortly after the event. We present a new method to analyze the arguments contained in these voluminous documents. Taking an intertextual perspective, the method focuses on the accident narratives, their rationale, and links between 'facts,' 'causes,' and 'recommendations.' The aim is to evaluate how the findings of the various reports are consistent with (or contradict) 'institutionalized knowledge,' and identify the social representations that underpin them. We find that although the scientific controversy surrounding the results of the various inquiries reflects different ethical perspectives, they are integrated into the same utopian ideal."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "The involvement of multiple actors in this controversy raises questions about the public construction of epistemic authority, and we highlight the special status given to the International Atomic Energy Agency in this regard."

For more information on this research see: Industrial Safety and Utopia: Insights from the Fukushima Daiichi Accident. Risk Analysis, 2017;():. (Wiley-Blackwell - www.wiley.com/; Risk Analysis - onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1539-6924)

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from S. Travadel, MINES ParisTech, PSL Research University, CRC, Sophia Antipolis, France. Additional authors for this research include F. Guarnieri and A. Portelli.