The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is conducting an accident management research program that emphasizes the use of severe accident research to enhance the ability of plant operating personnel to effectively manage severe accidents. Hence, it is necessary to ensure that the plant instrumentation and information ...

This research was an information gathering effort designed to provide background data on the existing personal protective equipment (PPE) usage patterns in foundries. In addition a set of foundry accident data was evaluated to identify accident/injury tre...

Accident Prevention Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse Underground Storage Tanks Resource and Conservation Recovery Act Superfund Additional OUST Information: OUST Web...

Accident Prevention Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse Underground Storage Tanks Resource and Conservation Recovery Act Superfund Additional FFRRO Information: FFRRO...

A scoping study of spent fuel cask transportation accidents was performed to provide the NRC with an assessment of existing information and to recommend, on a priority basis, the additional information that should be obtained to allow specification of increasingly realistic source terms. The scope was limited to ...

Provides information about reporting releases. Browse these EPA Reporting subtopics Accidents Accident Preparedness, Accident Prevention, Chemical Accidents, Radiation Accidents...

information about lead in drinking water. Browse these EPA Poisoning subtopics Accidents Accident Preparedness, Accident Prevention, Chemical Accidents, Radiation Accidents...

information about different types of disasters. Browse these EPA Disasters subtopics Accidents Accident Preparedness, Accident Prevention, Chemical Accidents, Radiation Accidents...

information about different types of disasters. Browse these EPA Disasters subtopics Accidents Accident Preparedness, Accident Prevention, Chemical Accidents, Radiation Accidents...

information about what to do during a wildfire. Browse these EPA Disasters subtopics Accidents Accident Preparedness, Accident Prevention, Chemical Accidents, Radiation Accidents...

While it would be very difficult to predetermine all of the actions required to mitigate the consequences of every potential severe accident for a nuclear power plant, development of additional guidance and training could improve the likelihood that the operating crew would implement effective sever-accident management measures. The US ...

The Bureau of Mines manual is oriented to the technical needs of an investigation of fire or explosion accidents and includes various practical and theoretical information needed in analyzing accidents or evaluating conditions that might lead to an accident. It is applicable to accidents in the ...

Researchers at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health studied mining accidents that involved a worker entangled in, struck by, or in contact with machinery or equipment in motion. The motivation for this study came from the large number of severe accidents, i.e. accidents resulting in a fatality or permanent ...

This report is a compilation of all accidents world-wide involving aircraft in commercial service which resulted in the loss of the airframe or one or more fatality, or both. This information has been gathered in order to present a complete inventory of commercial aircraft accidents. Events involving military action, sabotage, ...

The purpose of this work is to use the results of the Savannah River Site K-Reactor Probabilistic Safety Assessment to determine the accident sequences and source terms for beyond design basis accidents. Additionally, the methodology necessary to allow the Reactor Accident Program to incorporate this ...

The purpose of this work is to use the results of the Savannah River Site K-Reactor Probabilistic Safety Assessment to determine the accident sequences and source terms for beyond design basis accidents. Additionally, the methodology necessary to allow the Reactor Accident Program to incorporate this ...

Radiological and toxicological consequences are calculated for 4 postulated accidents involving the Waste Feed Delivery (WFD) diluent addition systems. Consequences for the onsite and offsite receptor are calculated. This analysis contains technical information used to determine the accident consequences for the ...

Despite the all precautions, underground coal mining is one of the dangerous industries owing to fatal occupational accidents. Accidents are complicated events to which many factors effect on their formation and preventing them is only possible by the analyses of the accident occurred in past and by straight evaluation of the obtained ...

Since duration prediction is one of the most important steps in an accident management process, there have been several approaches developed for modeling accident duration. This paper presents a model for the purpose of accident duration prediction based on accurately recorded and large accident dataset from the ...

The Swiss council for the prevention of accidents (BfU), founded in 1937, is a private institution, financed half by the Swiss national accident insurance fund (Suva) and half by Unfalldirektorenkonferenz (UDK), for the prevention of accidents on the roads, in sport and in the home. It has a full-time staff of 38 traffic engineers, ...

This book contains volume 2 of 2 and describes safety guidelines for academic chemistry laboratories to prevent accidents for college and university students. Contents include: (1) "Organizing for Accident Prevention"; (2) "Personal Protective Equipment"; (3) "Labeling"; (4) "Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs)"; (5) "Preparing for Medical Emergencies"; ...

The publications contain information valuable to those engaged in research or statistical analysis of occupational safety and health data. In addition to their historic interest, these publications contain the only information about occupational injury ra...

Combustion Engineering, Inc. has responded to the NRC requests for additional information of August 19, 1976 and August 25, 1976, on the Topical Report CENPD-180-P. In addition to responding to the eight NRC items, C-E has reviewed and provided comments on a draft version of an NRC Accident Analysis Branch paper ...

This book documents and analyzes 36 accidents involving U.S. nuclear weapons that occurred between 1950 and 1980, compilied from declassified Aircraft Accident Reports, Explosive Ordinance Disposal Reports, U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) reports, memoranda, and other primary sources. Each of the books chapters describes a specific ...

... effects on flight data reconstruction and aircraft ... HELICOPTERS, *INFORMATION RETRIEVAL, *AVIATION ACCIDENTS, *FLIGHT RECORDERS ...

Additional design details are presented for use with the EOCR Preliminary Hazards Report (IDO-24034). Information is included which relates the OMRE operating experience to the EOCR. Potential hazards are discussed along with a maximum credible accident. (J.R.D.)

...proposed inspections, tests, and analyses that the licensee who will...the inspections, tests, and analyses are performed and the acceptance...required inspection, test, or analysis in the design certification...contain a discussion of severe accident mitigation design...

Analysis. (FMEA) Report and Accident/Incident. Reports for 1980 through 1983. To provide. Battelle personnel with additional information, ...

Questions in the hazards analysis concerning core kinetics and reactivity accidents, primary system confinement cavities, effluent control, fire and/or explosion, casualty conditions, and plant testing and operation are answered. (M.C.G.)

...3 ) Identification of zero, span, exhaust gas and dilution air sample traces. (4 ) Temperature set point of heated...accident. (ix) A paper copy of the driver's trace for each test. (3) Additional required...

In this paper we present information that can be used in severe accident management by providing an improved understanding of the effects of water addition to a degraded core. This improved understanding is developed using a diagram showing a sequence of core damage states. Whenever possible, a temperature and a time after ...

In this paper we present information that can be used in severe accident management by providing an improved understanding of the effects of water addition to a degraded core. This improved understanding is developed using a diagram showing a sequence of core damage states. Whenever possible, a temperature and a time after ...

This report gives the results of a Savannah River Site (SRS) K-Reactor Probabilistic Safety Assessment (PSA). Measures of adverse consequences to health and safety resulting from representations of severe accidents in SRS reactors are presented. In addition, the report gives a summary of the methods employed to represent these ...

This book provides a description of nuclear power and its associated technologies for the general public. The authors, two chemical engineers, introduce nuclear power in a factual and unemotional manner. They feel that it is clean, efficient, economical source of electricity with minimum environmental impact. Individual chapters address reactor basics, cooling systems, ...

The report is information gathering effort designed to provide background data on existing personal protective equipment usage patterns in industrial welding. In addition, two sets of welding accident data were evaluated to identify accident/injury trends...

...false Flow and dissemination of accident or incident information. 831...NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD ACCIDENT/INCIDENT INVESTIGATION PROCEDURES...13 Flow and dissemination of accident or incident information....

The characteristics, detection, and emergency management of nuclear criticality accidents outside reactors has been an important component of criticality safety for as long as the need for this specialized safety discipline has been recognized. The general interest and importance of such topics receives special emphasis because of the potentially lethal, albeit highly ...

Information regarding: Information for Family and Friends (Air Carrier Accidents) Information for Family and Friends (General Aviation Accidents) Information for...

This report presents supplemental information for the document Analysis of Accident Sequences and Source Terms at Waste Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities for Waste Generated by US Department of Energy Waste Management Operations. Additional technical support information is supplied concerning treatment of ...

In summarizing the information provided in the USSR report on plant stabilization shortly after the accident at Chernobyl and on the early response measures, the following three main stages can be identified: (1) the building fire-fighting actions and measures (techniques) undertaken and their effectiveness in controlling and finally extinguishing the ...

This paper describes methods, in the form of a handbook and five computer codes, that can be used for air cleaning system design and accident analysis. Four of the codes were developed primarily at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, and one was developed in France. Tools such as these are used to design ventilation systems in the mining industry but do not seem to be commonly ...

Recently a review of multiple laser injury and accident databases was initiated. Last year we reported on preliminary findings in this area. This past year the search for laser injury and accident reports was expanded, and a significant number of additional laser incidents were located. The database from the Food and Drug ...

A briefing and hearing led by representatives of the interagency task force sought information on the causes and consequences of the Chernobyl accident and the implications for US nuclear plants. Task force members summarized the findings to date, and indicated that graphite reactors in the US have a different design, and that the cooling system design was ...

In this report information about the nuclear accident at Chernobyl and the radioactivity burdening of Greece from the radioactive releases of the accident are presented. The main characteristics of the RBMK-1000 reactor and the flow pattern of the radioac...

... and their employees from accidents have two options: (1) insurance, and (2) accident prevention programs (Pate-Cornell, 1996). ...

A bibliography on sources of information about American manned spacecraft accidents compiled by the NASA Headquarters Library.

A Five-step methodology has been developed to evaluate information needs for nuclear power plants under accident conditions and the availability of plant instrumentation during severe accidents. Step 1 examines the credible accidents and their relationships to plant safety functions. Step 2 determines the ...

A Five-step methodology has been developed to evaluate information needs for nuclear power plants under accident conditions and the availability of plant instrumentation during severe accidents. Step 1 examines the credible accidents and their relationships to plant safety functions. Step 2 determines the ...

Trauma and Mobile Radiography focuses on the radiography of trauma patients and of patients confined to bed. This book offers students a foundation in the skills they need to produce quality radiograms without causing additional injury or pain to the patient. Features of this new book include: coverage of the basics of radiography and patient care, including monitoring of ...

The Federal Radiological Emergency Response Plan (FRERP) calls for the Department of Energy to establish a Federal Radiological Monitoring and Assessment Center (FRMAC) immediately following a major radiological accident to coordinate all federal off-site monitoring efforts in support of the State and the Cognizant Federal Agency (CFA) for the facility or material involved in ...

Oct 23, 2008 ... Resources: In-Flight Icing Course Related Information - Accidents Incidents Information Video. Link to Flash Accident Resource ...

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Information is presented concerning the public information chronology; Met Ed public relations; flow of public information during the accident at Three Mile Island; flow of public information on five key events during the accident at Three Mile Island; the ...

Information is presented concerning the public information chronology; MET ED public relations; flow of public information during the accident at Three Mile Island; flow of public information on five key events during the accident at Three Mile Island; the ...

The purpose of risk analysis in the determination of medical factors in road vehicle accidents is to evaluate the risks that are associated with different strategies for accident reduction, so that the subsequent decision making process can be based on a best assessment of the likely benefits. However, it is vital to appreciate the limitations of such an ...

In adverse driving conditions, such as inclement weather and/or complex terrain, trucks are often involved in single-vehicle (SV) accidents in addition to multi-vehicle (MV) accidents. Ten-year accident data involving trucks on rural highway from the Highway Safety Information System (HSIS) is ...

This report describes the source, disposition, and inventories of liquid effluent that could result from two severe accidents at N Reactor. The design basis accident involving an inlet-riser break is examined because it would generate the highest flow rate of liquid effluent. The degraded-core accident defined as the NUSAR hypothetical ...

...2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Obtaining Board accident reports, factual accident reports, and supporting information. 835...BOARD EMPLOYEES § 835.11 Obtaining Board accident reports, factual accident reports, and...

A contrasted sample of accident and accident-free drivers was evaluated in detail in order to determine factors related to accident involvement. Collected information represented biographical and driving-related data, personality traits and attitudes, par...

The report provides a comprehensive review of signal installations and their impacts on accident patterns, and accident frequency and severity. It contains information on accident statistics by type and severity, accident rates for stop controlled and sig...

In support of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Accident Management Research Program, the availability of instruments to supply accident management information during a broad range of severe accidents is evaluated for a Boiling Water Reactor with a M...

...2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Accident reports. 801.32 Section 801.32...BOARD PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION Accident Investigation Records § 801.32 Accident reports. (a) The NTSB will...

... 2010-10-01 false Records from accident investigations. 801.30 Section... PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION Accident Investigation Records § 801.30 Records from accident investigations. Upon completion...

... false Contents of casualty or accident report form. 174.107 Section...174.107 Contents of casualty or accident report form. Each form for reporting a vessel casualty or accident must contain the information...

...2010-07-01 2010-07-01 true Reporting accidents. 644.532 Section 644.532 ...Improvements § 644.532 Reporting accidents. Immediately upon receipt of information of an accident involving, or appearing to...

...or anticipated safety problems? Specifically, is the route experiencing above normal accident rates and/or accident severities? Does analysis of the accident problem indicate that the addition of larger trucks have aggravated existing...

...the National Transportation Safety Board as part of an accident investigation, you must provide information...Federal, state or local safety agency with regulatory authority...provided in this part, as a laboratory you must not release...

Gap conductance is a significant factor affecting the stored energy in a fuel rod at the beginning of a hypothetical accident sequence, as well as the thermal and mechanical response of the fuel rod during the accident. Additional well-characterized experimental results are needed to evaluate and improve the current analytical ...

A historic meeting was held Aug. 25-29, 1986, in Vienna, Austria. A delegation of U.S.S.R. experts presented detailed information on the design characteristics of the RBMK-1000 type of reactor and their evaluation of all aspects of the Chernobyl accident, including causes, events, measured releases, mitigation efforts, response measures taken, atmospheric ...

This amendment to the General Electric Company Licensing Topical Report, ''BWR/6 Fuel Assembly--Evaluation of Combined Safe Shutdown Earthquake (SSE) and Loss-of-Coolant Accident (LOCA) Loadings'', is in response to the requests for additional information enclosed with a letter from Mr. Olan D. Parr, ...

Information was collected on research being conducted in Great Britain on emergency planning for technological and natural hazards. Several recent accidents in England have raised questions about the level of preparedness. In addition, the Seveso directive on emergency planning for chemical facilities is being implemented. Overall ...

This document contains information concerning Army aviation safety, tree strike accident investigations, and aviation accident prevention.

... Spouses of the survivors in addition to dealing with bereavement, strove to understand their husbands' reactions to the accident. ...

This report reviews truck-accident rate data for purposes of understanding existing highway accident information systems and evaluating existing data to obtain large-truck accident rate information for input to risk-assessment models. Several state highway accident ...

Objectives: To show trends in paragliding injuries and derive recommendations for safety precautions for paraglider pilots on the basis of accident statistics, interviews, questionnaires, medical reports, and current stage of development of paragliding equipment. Methods: All paragliding accidents in Germany have to be reported. ...

The purpose of this calculation is to determine the thermal response of the 44-boiling water reactor (BWR) waste package (WP) to the hypothetical regulatory fire accident. The objective is to calculate the temperature response of the waste package materials to the hypothetical short-term fire defined in 10 CFR 7 1, Section 73(c)(4), Reference 1. The scope of the calculation ...

Following the accident at the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl a number of different remedial actions were developed and implemented in Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine. Recommendations on the application of countermeasures and remedial actions were published by the IAEA as "Guidelines for agricultural countermeasures following an accidental release of radionuclides" in 1994. ...

This NUREG describes an industrial impact model that can be used to estimate the regional industry-specific impacts of disasters, both natural and manmade. Special attention is given to the impacts of possible nuclear reactor accidents. The report also presents three applications of the model. The impacts estimated in the case studies are based on (1) general ...

This monograph describes an industrial impact model that can be used to estimate the regional industry-specific impacts of disasters. Special attention is given to the impacts of possible nuclear reactor accidents. The monograph also presents three applications of the model. The impacts estimated in the case studies are based on (1) general information and ...

The influence of chemistry on in-vessel severe accident phenomena in integral effects in-pile tests is reviewed. In-vessel severe accident chemistry involves high temperature interactions between the materials used in the tests; namely, fuel rods, control materials, spacer grids, and steam. The influence of chemistry on the release and transport of fission ...

Information is presented concerning accident definition and use of event trees, event tree methodology, potential accidents covered by the reactor safety study, analysis of potential accidents involving the reactor core, and analysis of potential accidents not involving the core.

Information concerning the dominant accident sequences from twelve published probabilistic risk assessments (PRA) is cataloged in this report, which is published as a part of the Accident Sequence Evaluation Program (ASEP). The purpose of the report is to...

This report contains technical information used to determine accident consequences for the Spent Nuclear Fuel Project safety documents. It does not determine accident consequences or describe specific accident scenarios, but instead provides generic information.

Subjects matched for driving experience were divided into four groups, according to accident and violation records, and were tested for their ability to process information. Subjects who had a high accident record processed information at a significantly ...

In support of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Accident Management Research Program, the availability of instruments to supply accident management information during a broad range of severe accidents is evaluated for a Boiling Water Reactor with a Mark I containment. Results from this evaluation include: (1) ...

Reactor accidents and safety measures at nuclear installations are discussed using information from reports on operational accidents and radiation exposure experience within the USAEC, Japan, and the UK. Accident records with detailed data on reactor sites, radioactive substances, possible cause, physical ...

The Department of Energy`s (DOE) Computerized Accident/Incident Reporting System (CAIRS) is a comprehensive data base containing more than 50,000 investigation reports of injury/illness, property damage and vehicle accident cases representing safety data from 1975 to the present for more than 150 DOE contractor organizations. A special feature is that the ...

This paper describes a functional slide rule that provides a readily usable �in-hand� method for estimating nuclear criticality accident information from sliding graphs, thereby permitting (1) the rapid estimation of pertinent criticality accident information without laborious or sophisticated calculations in a ...

This paper describes a functional slide rule that provides a readily usable ?in-hand? method for estimating nuclear criticality accident information from sliding graphs, thereby permitting (1) the rapid estimation of pertinent criticality accident information without laborious or sophisticated calculations in a ...

The SCDAP/RELAP5 code has been developed for best estimate transient simulation of light water reactor coolant systems during a severe accident. The code models the coupled behavior of the reactor coolant system, core, fission product released during a severe accident transient as well as large and small break loss of coolant ...

A data collection process is described for the purpose of discerning causation factors of accidents,

During the period of 1979-1990 job-related injuries were studied in Maracaibo, Zulia state, in order to analyze frequencies and causes. This information was obtained from annual reports on job-related injuries Form Number 15-411 of the Venezuelan Institute of Social Security (IVSS) which has been implemented nationally since 1982. Accidents that caused ...

While it has been shown that non-parental child care is associated with a reduced risk for unintentional injuries, a considerable number of accidents in kindergartens do result in severe injuries. We have collected data on the behavioral and environmental aspects of accidents that occurred in kindergartens in Austria with the aim of determining possible ...

the seriousness of criminal proceedings. Investigating agencies can also employ a range of additional procedures. Supporting Accident Investigations and the Need for Accountability: Annex 13 of the International Civil. It states that "the sole objective of the investigation of an accident or incident shall be the prevention

Accidents may cause nonrecurring congestion and result in additional delays, vehicle emissions, and other negative effects. Studies have been conducted on the modeling of the accident frequency, duration and even lane blockage. However, there has been les...

The report documents an investigation into the feasibility of using accident data to derive estimates of the rate at which errant vehicles unintentionally encroach into the roadside on level, tangent sections of two-lane rural roads. In addition, issues r...

Out-of-control vehicles on steep grades have the potential for and frequently do result in severe accidents. There are two truck escape ramps in Kentucky, and both were constructed as a result of severe accidents and the potential for additional accidents...

In order to assess the relationship between suicidal behavior and traffic accidents, we analyzed the seasonal patterns of completed suicides and deaths related to traffic accidents in France over a period of 8 years. We found a clear seasonal rhythm of completed suicides with a peak in May, and an additional peak in September. The ...

We have undertaken a detailed study of an ultrasonic waveguide employed as a level, density, and temperature sensor. The purpose of this study was to show how such a device might be used in the nuclear power industry to provide reliable level information with a multifunction sensor, thus overcomming several of the errors that led to the accident at Three ...

This report, a supplement to Appendix E (Transportation Risk) of the U.S. Department of Energy Waste Management Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (WM PEIS), provides additional information supporting the accident data for chemical risk assessmen...

This report discusses the Accident Management program at SRS has developed a new methodology for the safe operation of the K-Reactor. This methodology was recently applied during the loss of ultimate heat sink analysis which answers the question of which alternatives are present when the Reactor loses it primary cooling source. With the addition of a new ...

This report discusses the Accident Management program at SRS has developed a new methodology for the safe operation of the K-Reactor. This methodology was recently applied during the loss of ultimate heat sink analysis which answers the question of which alternatives are present when the Reactor loses it primary cooling source. With the addition of a new ...

A new approach is presented for evaluating the uncertainties inherent in severe accident management strategies. At first, this analysis considers accident management as a decision problem (i.e., applying a strategy compared with do nothing) and uses an influence diagram. To evaluate imprecise node probabilities in the influence diagram, the analysis ...

This report presents the results of a DOE-sponsored assessment of nuclear accident response resources. It identifies the mobile resources that could be required to respond to different types of nuclear accidents including major ones like TMI-2, identifies the resources currently available and makes recommendations for the design and construction of ...

avoided by some additional safety measure, the accident would very likely be released by another causeApplying STAMP in Accident Analysis Nancy Leveson, Mirna Daouk, Nicolas Dulac, and Karen Marais Massachusetts Institute of Technology April 7, 2003 Abstract: Accident models play a critical role in ...

The pilot requires three types of information to control the movement of the aircraft while avoiding an accident/incident on the airport surface. ...

tests and reports significant releases of radioactivity into the environment. 1986 Chernobyl Accident ERAMS provides information about the accident and reports increased levels...

The purpose was to conduct a comprehensive nationwide study of motorcycle accidents which resulted in injuries and fatalities to motorcyclists; to analyze this information to determine the types of accidents, types of bodily injuries, severity of injuries...

What measures would you suggest to prevent similar accidents from occurring in the future? Answers will vary. Might discuss better information system, ...

when reporting vehicle accidents or other mishaps. However, some recent reports called in by employees have failed to include critical information such as ...

Dec 10, 2004 ... Workshop for the exchange of information about incident and accident investigation and reporting systems in many different application ...

Flight 427 on September 8, 1994; (3) The loss of control and impact with the Pacific Ocean of .... flight 427 accident was a loss of control of the airplane ...

... increasing susceptibility to optical thesen1ClsA accidents,.3 ee oay accidents. Of those, 80% were at or physiological illusions. The ...

... USASC DATA A review of US Army Safety Center accident data of IFR accidents since FY80 provided the basis for the following results. ...

training information to EPA, federal, state, tribal, and local staff on hazardous waste management and cleanup. Browse these EPA Emergency Response subtopics Accidents Accident...

Relationships between truck accidents and selected geometric characteristics of interchanges are examined. Datasets containing information on truck accident at interchanges, traffic exposure and selected geometric characteristics are analyzed with an emph...

liaison. Information for Family and Friends: Accident Investigations For general aviation accidents, a member of the TDA staff may arrive on-scene; if not, the...

Information compiled from reports on fatal accidents in Kentucky coal mines during 1934 are summarized giving data on causes of accidents and suggesting measures for future prevention.

Following the accident at a nuclear reactor in Chernobyl, USSR, the WHO Regional Office for Europe inaugurated procedures for the systematic collection and dissemination of information. Such were the complexities and uncertainties that it was decided to c...

... injuries due to contact with a rotating blade there is little information available regarding analyses of the circumstances surrounding such accidents. ...

In Belgium, traffic safety is currently one of the govemment's highest priorities. Identifying and profiling black spots and black zones in terms of accident related data and location characteristics must provide new insights into the complexity and causes of road accidents which, in ram, provide valuable input for government actions. In this paper, ...

... with specific and factual information regarding the pitfalls of contemporaries involved in aviation accidents and what could be done to avoid them. ...

... Chemical Hazards Response Information System for Multimodal Accidents (CHRISMA). (A Reevaluation of CHRIS for All Modes of Transportation). ...

The true causes of accidents are rooted in the ways in which the human brain processes information; in the availability and display of information in the ...

A combination approach of an expert system and neural networks is used to implement a prototype severe accident diagnostic system which would monitor the progression of the severe accident and provide necessary plant status information to assist the plant staff in accident management during the ...

Safety and risk analyses are complex by nature and require significant effort, extensive skills and experience, analytical tools and supporting information. To reduce the effort and to enhance the analytical capabilities for present and future generation of nuclear systems, an Integrated Training and Accident Analysis System (ITAAS) has been developed. The ...

In 1962 tile US Atomic Energy Commission published TID-14844, ``Calculation of Distance Factors for Power and Test Reactors`` which specified a release of fission products from the core to the reactor containment for a postulated accident involving ``substantial meltdown of the core``. This ``source term``, tile basis for tile NRC`s Regulatory Guides 1.3 and 1.4, has been used ...

maneuvers to avoid slower moving traffic and stopped vehicles. School Bus Mechanical Inspection The accident accident that occurred in Liberty, Missouri. During the course of the investigation, information was uncovered that suggested pedal misapplication as a factor in the accident--that is, depressing

It is not feasible to use the existing British Coal accident information collection, storage and retrieval system to identify systematically human factors issues relevant to the accident. The implementation of a human factors code list, developed during t...

A data collection and accident investigation system was designed and implemented to obtain, in the eight counties of western New York State, data on three levels: (1) Exposure and accident frequency information on the driver and vehicle population. (2) In...

The report evaluates the existing procedures used by (WSDOT) Washington State Department of Transportation for collecting, storing, and analyzing accident information. The report reviews published literature on accident analysis systems, reviews the propo...

The report presents the compilation of information obtained by various organizations regarding the accident (and the consequences of the accident) that occurred at Unit 4 of the nuclear power station at Chernobyl in the USSR on April 26, 1986. Each organi...

The report presents the compilation of information obtained by various organizations regarding the accident (and the consequences of the accident) that occurred at Unit 4 of the nuclear power station at Chernobyl in the USSR on April 26, 1986. Chapter 1 p...

The report analyzes the characteristics and attitudes of the population directly involved in the Goiania radiological accident. The inhabitants of the affected area were interviewed in their residence. Factual information about the accidents were given an...

Information is presented concerning the release of radioactivity in reactor accidents; physical processes in reactor meltdown accidents; safety design rationale for nuclear power plants; and design adequacy.

This report describes the development of the Radioactive Materials Transportation Accident/Incident Data Base (RAM-AIDB), which contains information on the occurrences of transportation accidents and incidents, for radioactive materials (RAM) that are inv...

Woods Discusses "Hindsight Bias" as a Possible Outcome Related to the Space Shuttle Columbia Accident to misinterpret the conclusions of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB), according to an Ohio State bias. Often the first question people ask about the decision making leading up to the Columbia accident

This summary is a compilation of 508 mishaps assembled from company and NASA records which cover several years of manned space flight activity. The purpose is to provide information to be applied towards accident prevention. The accident/incident summarie...

The report covers an accident delineation study undertaken to organize and evaluate the available information concerning LMFBR accident sequences and to identify key phenomenological and system-response uncertainties. The study can help provide a basis fo...

The Bureau of Mines manual is oriented to the technical needs of an investigation of fire or explosion accidents and includes various practical and theoretical information that is needed in analyzing accidents or evaluating conditions that might lead to a...

Information on traffic accidents is collected on a systematic basis for the whole National Route system. While it is accepted that human error has the predominant role in the causation of traffic accidents, there is no doubt that road layout is a contribu...

The Statistical Review of General Aviation Accidents is published annually by the National Transportation Safety Board. This publication contains statistical information compiled from reports of General Aviation accidents that occurred during the calendar...

Appendix A contains information and details about the accident progression analysis. Appendix A.1 contains a detailed description and listing of the Accident Progression Event Tree (APET) and the binner that groups the outcomes of evaluating the APET. App...

The ultimate goal of this research effort was to gather information on the costs of marine accidents and to estimate the share of those costs that might be avoided (i.e., benefits gained) through implementation of proactive accident prevention programs by...

Information is presented concerning the scenario for core degradation; early core degradation in small break loss-of-coolant accidents; and containing a degraded core accident. (ERA citation 08:026288)

Based on available sources of information, an assessment is made of the Chernobyl accident fatalities and causes of death that resulted from acute injury effects. Accident victims grouped according to whole body radiation dose and biologic response were e...

The world's worst radiation accident occurred at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the USSR during the early hours of April 26, 1986. This accident unleashed megacuries of radioactive contamination into the atmosphere, generated an explosive blast that...

The U.S. Bureau of Mines report identifies and evaluates factors responsible for dump-point accidents involving mobile mining equipment. Information regarding the occurrence and severity of the accidents, the industries affected, the types of equipment in...

This report starts with a discussion of the types of nuclear vessels accidents, in particular accidents which involve the nuclear propulsion systems. Available information on 61 reported nuclear ship events is considered. The ships are in almost all cases...

Our Programs Our Partners Information Sources Accident Epidemiology and the RMP Rule: Learning from a Decade of Accident History Data for the U.S. Chemical Industry Report...

The survey compares the accident rates of articulated and rigid commercial vehicles in the medium and heavy category. The accident rates are based on information from a traffic census at about 40 sites throughout the counties of Leicestershire and Rutland...

...CONTINUED) CHEMICAL ACCIDENT PREVENTION PROVISIONS Risk Management Plan § 68.195 Required...as follows: (a) New accident history information�For...release meeting the five-year accident history reporting...

...AVIATION United States Aircraft Accidents Abroad § 102.12...information pertaining to the accident. Surviving passengers...available. The surviving aircraft crew will be expected...the vicinity of the accident until otherwise...

This report examines five topical areas of concern to severe accident management. These areas are as follows: Human Factors, Accident Management During Shutdown, Information Needs, Long-term Implications, and Uncertainties. The objective of this report is to assist the NRC in performing its research function and to provide guidance to ...

The New York City plan for handling radiation accidents relies in the main on control at the accident scene by the Police Department, hazard evaluation by the Health Department and Atomic Energy Commission radiation specialists, a communication plan using telephone and Civil Defense two-way radio, and advance information on ...

The report consists of four parts. Part 1 estimates effects of campaigns on road accidents, fatal accidents and serious injury accidents by means of meta-analysis. Effect of campaigns in the campaign period is ca 9% reduction in the number of accidents (p...

In support of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Accident Management Research Program, a methodology has been developed for identifying the plant information needs necessary for personnel involved in the management of an accident to diagnose that an accident is in progress, select and implement strategies ...

Severe-accident management can be defined as the use of existing and or alternative resources, systems, and actions to prevent or mitigate a core-melt accident. Together with risk management (e.g., changes in plant operation and/or addition of equipment) and emergency planning (off-site actions), accident ...

The prospect of industrial accidents motivated the U.S. Congress to require in the Clean Air Act of 1990 that manufacturing facilities develop Risk Management Plans (RMP) to submit to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) by July 1999. Industry worried that the requirement to communicate to the public a "worst-case scenario" would arouse unnecessary and ...

The risk of shipping propane is discussed and the risk assessment methodology is summarized. The risk assessment model has been constructed as a series of separate analysis steps to allow the risk to be readily reevaluated as additional data becomes available or as postulated system characteristics change. The transportation system and accident ...

Weather is a contributing factor in approximately 25-30 percent of general aviation accidents. The lack of timely, accurate and usable weather information to the general aviation pilot in the cockpit to enhance pilot situational awareness and improve pilot judgment remains a major impediment to improving aviation safety. NASA Glenn Research Center ...

Since the publication of NUREG/CR-4831, State of the Art in Evacuation Time Estimate Studies for Nuclear Power Plants, technologies supporting the development of Evacuation Time Estimates (ETEs) have substantially changed and additional evacuation considerations have emerged. ETEs are part of the planning basis for each nuclear power plant (NPP), and as such, ETE studies are ...

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Information Technology for Accident and Emergency Management V. Andersen Abstract for accident fighting and emergency management. The functioning of these organisations critically depends upon with the development of organisations for emergency management, a dramatic development within ...

Background The Internet is a significant source of medical information and is now being shown to be an important conduit for delivering various health-related interventions.Objective This paper aimed to examine the utility and impact of an Internet intervention for childhood encopresis as part of standard medical care in a �real world� setting.Methods Patients diagnosed ...

The aim of this study is to estimate the economic impact of the non-medical costs of diseases and accidents in Spain. Its main premise sustains the idea that in addition to the number of deaths, the loss of quality of life and the pain suffered by patients and their family members as a result of diseases and accidents, there are other ...

All fatal traffic accidents on highways in Bavaria in 1991 have been analyzed. The most frequent single cause for the 204 accidents was falling asleep (24%). A time of day analysis revealed that the highest accidents frequencies could be observed at 6:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. In addition an age effect could be ...

It is important to understand and model the chemical and physical behavior of vapor iodine species in containment environments for the following reasons: This behavior can contribute significantly to severe accident source terms; the development of accident mitigation or management strategies (e.g., an effective filter system); for long-term clean-up and ...

This paper is concerned with the application of severe-accident codes to develop improved accident mitigation strategies for nuclear power plants employing boiling water reactors (BWRs). Specifically, the results of analyses using the APRIL.MOD3X code are presented for typical station blackout accidents. Issues discussed include the ...

Road traffic accident data in Nigeria generally lack exact coordinate information. Accident analysis is, therefore, restricted to aggregate data on trends, magnitude and temporal dimensions. This article addresses the road accident problem in Jos between 1995 and 1999 through a road profiling approach. Results show ...