Abstract

GARCIA FERNANDEZ, Horacio. The other story of the causes of technological accidents. Educ. quím [online]. 2011, vol.22, n.4, pp.306-317. ISSN 0187-893X.

Science and technology continue to suffer the adverse judgment of the public opinion as a consequence, among other causes, of communication policies designed to hide responsibilities of high management, executives, and governments. In order to illustrate this, in this paper we try to analyze of one of the bloodiest accidents in history in a chemical plant, occurred in Bophal, India, the night of December 2 to 3, 1984, with the aim to understand its origin and development until the final disaster, and define, after all, whoever has greater, and whoever lesser, responsibilities.

Keywords : technological accident; environmental pollution; security; nuclear reactor; nuclear pile.