Probabilistic safety assessment in the chemical and nuclear industries

• Main Author: Fullwood, R. R
• Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
• Format: Electronic Book
• Language: English
• Published: Boston Butterworth-Heinemann c2000
• Subjects: Πυρηνική ενέργεια > Μέτρα ασφάλειας; Chemical plants > Risk assessment

Probabilistic Safety Analysis (PSA) determines the probability and consequences of accidents, hence, the risk. This subject concerns policy makers, regulators, designers, educators and engineers working to achieve maximum safety with operational efficiency. Risk is analyzed using methods for achievi...

Table of Contents:

• Protecting the Public Health and Safety; Mathematics for Probabilistic Safety; Chemical and Nuclear Accident Analysis Methods; Failure Rates, Incidents and Human Factors Data; External Events; Analyzing Nuclear Reactor Safety Systems; Analyzing Chemical Process Safety Systems; Nuclear Accident Consequence Analysis; Chemical Process Accident Consequence Analysis; Assembling and Interpreting the PSA; Applications of PSA; Appendix; Software on the Distribution Disk; Glossary of Acronyms and Unusual Terms; References; Index