A Straits Times (Singapore; 3 March 2009) article has the above title. The article reports on a roundtable discussion on the possibility of nuclear energy in South East Asia. Experts were reported to advise that, “investment in a safety culture among human operators is just as important as physical infrastructure to prevent catastrophes”.
Seeing human error as the source of safety problem is futile. Like what a famous safety professor, T. Kletz once said, seeing human error as the problem is like blaming gravity for falls. It is true but does nothing to help prevent.
I hope it is the reporters that have misinterpreted the experts…
