TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1991//
TI  - Public reactions to the Chernobyl accident: a case of rationality?
JO  - Industrial crisis quarterly
A1  - Verplanken, Bas
SP  - 253
EP  - 269
VL  - 5
IS  - 4
N2  - This paper addresses the question of to what extent people's reactions to the Chernobyl 1986 nuclear power plant accident were rational. After a review of studies on Chernobyl published to date, two types of rationality are investigated : outcome rationality and process rationality. The mechanisms by which people seem to come to subjective probability estimates of nuclear risks are further explored in a summary of an experimental study on the meaning of verbal probability expressions. It is concluded that although the rationality of people's responses depends on the interpreter's focus, these responses are understandable and meaningful, and should be taken seriously.<p />
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SN  - 0921-8106
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/108602669100500402
ID  - ref1
ER  -