1st Edition
Integrated Risk Assessment: Applications and Regulations
148 Pages
by
CRC Press
148 Pages
by
CRC Press
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The future of regulation for integrated risk assessments and core applications are the main theme in a book which gives important insights into the trends that have developed within chemical, process and nuclear plants.
Preface; A planning approach to regulation of hazardous industry; Overview of a regulatory framework - The Victorian experience; An overview of the probabilistic safety assessment of the High Flux Australian Reactor; Ecological risk assessment and the planning process; The risk notion: Epistemological and empirical considerations; Generic risk profiles for smaller installations handling hazardous substances; Indicator approaches for risk management and appraisal; Hazards and corporate amnesia; Practical emergency planning using quantified risk assessment; Risk and reliability meta-rules - A guide to the strategic application of dependability; Techniques; The application of risk assessment techniques to achieve world’s best isolation practices; Application of probabilistic risk assessment techniques in fire safety engineering designs; Stochastic fire spread over a network; Risk management of existing structures; Risk-based assessment of deteriorating infrastructure; Transport of radioactive waste products - Risk assessment and communication; The integration of health, safety and environment issues into the capital process; Integrity requirements for protection systems: A risk based approach.
Biography
R.E. Melchers, M.G. Stewart, both the Department of Civil, Surveying and Environmental Engineering, The University of Newcastle, N. S.W., Australia.
