Nuclear safety: European hazards

Nuclear Reactor Hazards

Temporary Safety Hazards

The Epistemic Objection says that certain theories of time (like the “growing block” and “moving spotlight”) imply that it is impossible to know which time is absolutely present. Standard presentations of the Epistemic Objection are elliptical—and some of the most natural premises one might fill in to complete the argument end up leading to radical skepticism. But there is a way of filling in t...

Specifying Safety-Related Hazards Formally

We show how safety analysis can guide the formal development of controlling software of a safety-critical system. The system is specified in action system framework. The framework is based on a firm mathematical foundation within which the reasoning about the correctness and behavior of the system under development is carried out. We encode information about the identified hazards and their lev...

Review of common occupational hazards and safety concerns for nuclear medicine technologists.

The purpose of this article is to address common occupational hazards and safety concerns of nuclear medicine technologists. There are many possible occupational hazards, but this review is intended to concentrate on common hazards and safety concerns. These include radiation safety issues and concerns about the possibility of developing latent diseases, such as eye cataracts or cancer; pregnan...

A European framework to address psychosocial hazards.

Over the past decades, emphasis has been placed on the changing nature of work and new forms of risk that could negatively affect employee health and safety. These are mainly associated with new types of occupational hazards that have been termed psychosocial. Issues such as work-related stress, bullying and harassment are now receiving attention on a global basis and efforts have been made to ...