Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management

Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management
Author: Cornelia Spitzer
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 3803
Release: 2014-01-04
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0857294105

A collection of papers presented at the PSAM 7 – ESREL ’04 conference in June 2004, reflecting a wide variety of disciplines, such as principles and theory of reliability and risk analysis, systems modelling and simulation, consequence assessment, human and organisational factors, structural reliability methods, software reliability and safety, insights and lessons from risk studies and management/decision making. This volume covers both well-established practices and open issues in these fields, identifying areas where maturity has been reached and those where more development is needed.

Effects of Deregulation on Safety

Effects of Deregulation on Safety
Author: Vicki Bier
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1461502594

Effects of Deregulation on Safety provides a comprehensive overview of the safety experiences of these three case study industries and their implications for the U.S. nuclear power industry. The treatment of the subject is not highly technical, and hence is accessible to a wide range of readers with interests in the subject matter. The book draws on literature from roughly 250 references, ranging from brief news articles to book-length studies of deregulation in a particular industry, as well as original in-depth interviews with representatives of all three case study industries. This wealth of empirical background information allows the book to go beyond mere speculation about the possible adverse safety consequences of deregulation, to identify situations in which particular adverse safety consequences actually occurred. The experience of the case study industries indicates that economic deregulation need not be incompatible with a reasonable safety record, especially in those aspects of safety that are positively related to productivity. But that safety also cannot be taken for granted after deregulation. Careful management attention is needed in order to avoid the types of safety problems that were associated with deregulation in the case study industries.

Safety of Radioactive Waste Disposal

Safety of Radioactive Waste Disposal
Author: International Atomic Energy Agency
Publisher:
Total Pages: 582
Release: 2006
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Accompanying CD-ROM contains the complete text of the printed volume.

NRC

NRC
Author: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Publisher:
Total Pages: 12
Release: 1976
Genre:
ISBN:

Regulation and Risk

Regulation and Risk
Author: Bridget M. Hutter
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2001
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780199242504

This study examines the impact of a system of enforced self-regulation on the corporate life of British Railways. The book raises important questions about how workplace risks are managed and what influence the law can have.

Safety Aspects of Nuclear Power Plants in Human Induced External Events

Safety Aspects of Nuclear Power Plants in Human Induced External Events
Author: International Atomic Energy Agency
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9789201011176

This publication provides detailed guidelines for the safety assessment of nuclear power structures against mechanical impact, explosion and fire caused by human induced external events. It covers the characterization of loading, the assessment of structural integrity using both simplified methods and more elaborated methodologies, and the assessment of induced vibration. The acceptance criteria provided in the publication are for different failure modes: overall stability, overall bending and shear, local failure modes and induced vibrations. The process of analysing fire consequences is also included.