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Nuclear Servitude

Subcontracting and Health in the French Civil Nuclear Industry

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

AvAnnie Thebaud-Mony,Charles Levenstein,Robert Forrant,John Wooding

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This book highlights the dangers of the disorganization of work through subcontracting practices, both for workers' health and for nuclear safety.

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Utgivningsdatum2011-08-15
Mått152 x 229 x undefined mm
Vikt544 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieWork, Health and Environment Series
Antal sidor302
FörlagBaywood Publishing Company Inc
ISBN9780895033802

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Acknowledgments Preface1. The Effects of Ionizing Radiation: Questioning the Current Model2. Maintenance, Sub-Contracting, Job Instability and Uncertainty, and Radiation Protection: How Are They Evolving? ConclusionIntroductionThe “Underside”? “Outside” Workers?Industrial Risk Management and Social Relations in the WorkplaceResearch Methodology and ProcedurePart I: Working Under the Threat of Exposure to Ionizing RadiationCHAPTER 1: Three Nuclear Industry Maintenance JobsValve-and-Pipe MechanicsNon-Destructive Equipment Inspection Specialists“Nuclear Servitude” WorkersConclusionCHAPTER 2: The Social Division of Labor and Radiation DoseSocial and Labor Relations Strategies for the Social Division of Labor and Radiation Doses Managing Employment by Dose: What Maneuvering Room Do Outside Workers Have?ConclusionCHAPTER 3: Triple FlexibilityJob Flexibility Work-Hour FlexibilityFlexibility in Family LifeConclusionPart II: Sources of Legitimacy: Competitiveness, Safety, Radiation ProtectionCHAPTER 4: Competitiveness, Quality, SafetyGetting to the Sources of Productivity and CompetitivenessThe Quality-Safety Policy and Risk-PreventionQuality Assurance and ISO Standards: Rationalizing Production of Goods and ServicesConclusionCHAPTER 5: Organization of Radiation Protection for Nuclear Industry Workers: Rules, Norms, PracticesICRP Recommendations: The Keystone of Radiation ProtectionPrinciples of Protecting Workers Against the Dangers of Ionizing Radiation in French and European Union LegislationIn Practice: Weakened Dosimetric Follow-Up and Managing Job Assignments by Dose. The Role of the CNIL (National Commission on Electronic Information and Personal Freedoms)ConclusionPart III: What Repercussions on Workers Health and Nuclear Safety?CHAPTER 6: The Health of "Outside" Employees Doing Maintenance Work in Nuclear Power Plant Controlled ZonesThe Debate on Effects of Low Doses of Ionizing RadiationProtracted Following of Subcontracted DATR Employees in the Nuclear IndustryStructural Logic Linking Health Damage to Work Organization; Premature DeathsConclusionCHAPTER 7: Safety of Nuclear Facilities or Obliteration of “Traces”?Reduced Safety MarginsThe Social Division of Labor and Radiation Dose Imperils SafetyIncidents Reveal ContradictionsHeadlong Flight: How Far and with What Consequences?ConclusionConclusionWork Is at the Core of Nuclear Energy ProductionPublic Health Issues Recommendations for New Research Bibliography GlossaryIndex