Emergency response planning in case of a major accident (hazardous material event, nuclear accident) is very important for the protection of the public and workers' safety and health. In this context, several protective actions can be performed, such as, evacuation of an area; protection of the population in buildings; and use of personal protective equipment. The best solution is not unique wh...

The environmental consequences are defined as consequences of accidental release of hazardous substances to the natural environment. This release can lead to many hazards depending on the material stored. The consequences of these hazards to the environment are widespread and have significant importance to human communities living in the surroundings. The mathematical models are extremely usefu...

When using electrical equipment in installations operating hazardous areas endangered by potentially explosive atmospheres, care shall be taken also to the selection of such equipment. The correct for use atmospheres must considered design phase an installation and verified mounting phase. Equipment intended designed, manufactured placed on EU market considering provisions ATEX Directive 2014/3...

In the chemical industry, multi-hazard (toxic, flammable, and explosive) materials such as acrylonitrile are stored, transported, processed in large quantities. A release of can simultaneously or sequentially lead to acute toxicity, fire explosion. The spatial-temporal evolution hazards may also result cascading effects. this study, a dynamic methodology called “Dynamic Graph Monte Carlo” (DGMC...

The activity of evaluation and verification industrial ventilation installations has a strong preventive role in terms explosion risk mainly due to the fact that three determining elements can lead an phenomenon, determine presence two namely fuel (gases, vapours, dusts, mists) source initiation (hot surface, flame, sparks mechanical origin, electrical sparks, static electricity, etc.). develop...

Purpose: Considering the UK’s limited capacity for waste disposal (particularly for hazardous/ radiological waste) there is growing focus on waste avoidance and minimisation to lower the volumes of waste being sent to disposal. The hazardous nature of some waste can complicate its management and reduction. To address this problem there was a need for a decision making methodology to support man...

In Taiwan, relevant mid-term plans and projects of mitigating occupational hazards have been launched in recent years in the hopes of lowering the incidence of occupational hazards. In light of the lack of objective methodologies for researches on issues pertaining occupational safety and health, this research aims to explore the priorities of safety and health issues through focal groups, expe...