Integrated Risk Assessment: Applications and Regulations

1. Auflage 1998
ISBN: 978-90-5410-958-7
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 148 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 430 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Melchers, R. E.

Melchers, R.E.

Stewart, M.G.

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Produktionstechnik Zuverlässigkeitstechnik
• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Baukonstruktion, Baufachmaterialien
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Mess- und Automatisierungstechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

R.E. Melchers, M.G. Stewart, both the Department of Civil, Surveying and Environmental Engineering, The University of Newcastle, N. S.W., Australia.