Chernobyl

Tom Geraghty · Stories & Cases, Safety & Human Error

Analyses the 1986 Chernobyl disaster as a case study in how authoritarian culture, fear of authority, and compliance-driven norms prevented operators from raising concerns. Shows how power gradients and a culture of silence turned a design flaw into catastrophe.

Neighbours (9)

• Local Rationality
• Normalisation of Deviance (Challenger)
• Organizing and the Process of Sensemaking (paper)
• Typologies of Power
• Blametropism
• Groupthink: Psychological Studies of Policy Decisions and Fiascos (paper)
• Just Culture
• Parachutes & Evidence
• The Dark Side of Organizations: Mistake, Misconduct, and Disaster (paper)