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From Plant to Park: The Evolution of Risk Perspectives among Former Fernald Employees
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Wagner, Aaron
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Year and Degree
2014, MA, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences: Anthropology.
Abstract
This exploratory case study of differences in risk perspectives among former nuclear weapons production workers, site management, and DOE employees uses oral interviews and analyzes how each population receives, interprets, and responds to information regarding risk over a long term “milling process”. Thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews from ten former workers, management, and DOE involved with the Fernald Feed Materials Productions Center reveal distinct changes in risk perception over time, conflicting views between worker vs. supervisor, and strong emotional responses to events at the Fernald site. The information gathered in this study provides a view of lived experiences of those involved with the nuclear weapons production complex during the Cold War and subsequent years. Additionally, it documents current attitudes of workers toward the government and provides a framework for analysis of the impact of other disasters and associated responses over the long term.
Committee
Clement Jeffrey Jacobson, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Stephanie Sadre-Orafai, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Pages
50 p.
Subject Headings
Cultural Anthropology
Keywords
Risk perception
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Qualitative
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Nuclear
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Wagner, A. (2014).
From Plant to Park: The Evolution of Risk Perspectives among Former Fernald Employees
[Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1397733688
APA Style (7th edition)
Wagner, Aaron.
From Plant to Park: The Evolution of Risk Perspectives among Former Fernald Employees.
2014. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1397733688.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Wagner, Aaron. "From Plant to Park: The Evolution of Risk Perspectives among Former Fernald Employees." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1397733688
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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From Plant to Park: The Evolution of Risk Perspectives among Former Fernald Employees by Aaron Wagner is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at etd.ohiolink.edu.
This open access ETD is published by University of Cincinnati and OhioLINK.