The Chernobyl, Fukushima Daiichi And Deepwater Horizon Disasters From A Natural Science And Humanities Perspective

Preface
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
1: Four Selected Accident Events
	1.1	 The Concept of Risk
	1.2	 The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
	1.3	 Dealing with Knowledge
	1.4	 Chernobyl (26 April 1986; Explosion of Reactor 4)
	1.5	 Fukushima Daiichi (11 March 2011, Destruction of Several Power Plant Units)
	1.6	 Explosion of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig (20 April 2010)
	1.7	 Summary of the Four Events
	References
2: Cause-Effect Structure and Intentional Structure
	2.1	 Introduction to the Question of Directing
	2.2	 Fundamentals of the Cause-Effect Structure
	2.3	 Fundamentals of the Intentional Structure
	2.4	 Establishing a Heuristic for the Cause-Effect Structure
	2.5	 Establishing a Heuristic for the Intentional Structure
	2.6	 Application of the Heuristics Found
		2.6.1	 Application of the Heuristic for the Cause-Effect Structure
			2.6.1.1	 Cause, Generation of an Internal State
			2.6.1.2	 Entry of an External System and the Triggering Event; Causal Principle
			2.6.1.3	 Probabilistic Influencing Factors
			2.6.1.4	 Preliminary Phase
			2.6.1.5	 Point of no Return
			2.6.1.6	 Causal Chain in the Case of an Archery Shot
			2.6.1.7	 Intentional Structure in the Archery Shot
	2.7	 Causal Chains for the Presented Individual Events
		2.7.1	 The Ballad “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”
			2.7.1.1	 Causal Chain “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”
			2.7.1.2	 Intentional Structure “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”
		2.7.2	 Chernobyl (26 April 1986; Explosion of Reactor 4)
			2.7.2.1	 Chernobyl Causal Chain
			2.7.2.2	 Intentional Structure Chernobyl
		2.7.3	 Fukushima Daiichi (11 March 2011, Destruction of Several Power Plant Units)
			2.7.3.1	 Causal Chain Fukushima Daiichi
			2.7.3.2	 Intentional Structure Fukushima Daiichi
		2.7.4	 Explosion of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig (20 April 2010)
			2.7.4.1	 Causal Chain Deepwater Horizon
			2.7.4.2	 Intentional Structure Deepwater Horizon
	2.8	 Condensation of Individual Events
		2.8.1	 Cause-Effect Structure
		2.8.2	 Intentional Structure
	2.9	 Merging Cause-Effect Structure and Intentional Structure
	2.10	 Gaps in Knowledge
	2.11	 Conclusion
	References
3: Spatiotemporal Structure
	3.1	 Perception of the Spatiotemporal Structure
	3.2	 Spatiotemporal Structure of Physics
	3.3	 Being and Becoming, a Dynamic Approach
	3.4	 Spatiotemporal Structure in Consciousness
	3.5	 Consciousness and Intentionality
	3.6	 Spatiotemporal Gaps in Knowledge
	3.7	 Selected Behavioural Aspects
	3.8	 Spatiotemporal Relationship Framework for the Three Individual Events
		3.8.1	 Chernobyl
		3.8.2	 Fukushima Daiichi
		3.8.3	 Deepwater Horizon
		3.8.4	 US Airways Flight 1549
	3.9	 Our World View
	References
4: Evaluation and Outlook
	4.1	 Natural Sciences and Humanities in Conflict
	4.2	 Explanations Through the Cause-Effect Structure
	4.3	 Explanations Through the Spatiotemporal Structure
	4.4	 Explanations Through the Intentional Structure
	4.5	 Resolution of the Conflict Between the Natural Sciences and the Humanities
	4.6	 Decide
		4.6.1	 Chernobyl
		4.6.2	 Fukushima Daiichi
		4.6.3	 Deepwater Horizon
	4.7	 The Very Smallest
		4.7.1	 Corporate Culture
		4.7.2	 Decision Premises
		4.7.3	 Decision-Making Processes
		4.7.4	 Dynamics of Decision-Making
	4.8	 The Very Largest
	4.9	 Energy Development of Society
	4.10	 Our Expanded World View
	4.11	 Safety Research
	4.12	 Summary
	References
Index