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Technical Papers

Social Scientists in an Adversarial Environment: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Organizational Factors Research

Pages 1394-1409 | Received 03 Mar 2020, Accepted 16 Sep 2020, Published online: 03 Feb 2021

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