Nuclear and Radiation Accidents: According to Zia Mian and Alexander Glaser, the "past six decades have shown that nuclear technology does not tolerate error". Nuclear power is perhaps the primary example of what are called 'high-risk technologies' with 'catastrophic potential', because "no matter how effective conventional safety devices are, there is a form of accident that is inevitable, and such accidents are a 'normal' consequence of the system". In short, there is no escape from system failures