Safety Management When High Technology Meets Nature: Lessons for China's Energy Sector
Article from: OGEL 5 (2011), in China Energy Law and Policy
Introduction
Serious accidents are unavoidable in situations where an ambitious, impetuous or complacent organisations deploying advanced technology encounter strong natural forces, especially when these organisations are operating in regulatory environments characterised by complacency or conflicts of interests. In this respect, the Macondo oil spill in the USA in April 2010, the Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan in March 2011, and the high-speed rail accident in China in July 2011 display significant similarities.