Description The assessment and management of risk to society from the operation of chemical process plants and other industrial activities in which
dangerous substances are produced, used, handled or stored will remain a topic of great importance in the next decade. In order to evaluate
this specific risk on a qualitative and/or quantitative basis, the concepts of risk analyses are linked together in this book.
The
"performance based" and "goal oriented" regulatory requirements of the European Council's new "Seveso II Directive" for the identification
of large scale industrial hazards, prevention of sudden and uncontrolled releases of dangerous substances from industrial plants and
mitigation of serious consequences of industrial accidents to people and the environment are examined. The fact that risk assessment
and management are key elements to such forms of regulation is also demonstrated.
While the "Seveso II Directive" defines "what" has
to be achieved on the control of major hazards involving dangerous substances within the European Union, the methods of risk assessment
and management give guidance on "how" to achieve it. The text provides a practical guide for decision-makers in regulatory bodies and
companies with a non-technical background. Scientists and engineers who are not yet familiar with the concepts of risk assessment and
who want a survey of some fundamentals of, and principal results from, risk assessment studies and approaches primarily for applications
in the context defined by the "Seveso Directives" will also find this book invaluable.
Contents
I. Introduction & Legal Framework. Approaches to risk analysis in the European Union. Set of transparencies on
the topic. Seveso Directive: Background, contents and requirements. Set of transparencies on the topic.
II. Risk
Assessment. Lessons learned from past accidents. Set of transparencies on the topic. Introduction to risk concepts. Set of transparencies on the topic. Hazard identification techniques. Set of transparencies on the topic. Exercise.
Consequence analysis and modelling. Set of transparencies on the topic. Exercise. Event frequency and probability. Set of
transparencies on the topic. Exercise.
III. Risk Management. Risk integration and decision-making. Set of transparencies
on the topic. Exercise. A methodology for risk analysis of industrial areas: The ARIPAR case study. Set of transparencies on
the topic.
IV. Implementation of the Seveso Directive. Information to the public about major-accident hazards. Set of transparencies on the topic. Major Accident Reporting System (MARS). Set of transparencies on the topic. Safety
management systems and safety reports. Set of transparencies on the topic. Exercise. Land use planning. Set of transparencies
on the topic. Exercise.
V. Appendices. Council Directive 96/82/EC of 9 December 1996 on the control of major-accident
hazards involving dangerous substances ("Seveso II Directive"). Consolidated Version of Council Directive 82/501/EC of 24 June 1982 on
the control of major-accident hazards of certain industrial activities ("Seveso I Directive"). MARS accident reporting forms. List of
abbreviations.
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