... Program has two different focus areas: accident prevention and accident mitigation. Accident prevention research concentrates on the following issues: ...
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Accident management is examined from several different perspectives. The emphasis is on the role of the operating crew and the technical support provided to them before, during, and after an accident. The relationship among accident management, risk management, and emergency management is examined. The roles played ...
Energy Citations Database
The purpose of this discussion is to introduce the session on the Progress on the Resolution of Severe Accident Issues. There has been much work in the area of resolution of severe accident issues over the past few years. This work has been focused on those issues most important to risk as ...
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"Accident Prevention. "Accident Mitigation. "Aviation System Monitoring and Modeling. Accident Prevention is attacking the issue of airplane accidents from ...
The US Department of Energy (DOE) proposes to construct and operate the National Ignition Facility (NIF). The goals of the NIF are to (1) achieve fusion ignition in the laboratory for the first time by using inertial confinement fusion (ICF) technology based on an advanced-design neodymium glass solid-state laser, and (2) conduct high-energy-density experiments in support of national security and ...
Severe accident behavior in Al-U metal-fueled production reactors is sufficiently different from commercial oxide-fueled reactors that an ongoing research and development (R and D) effort is needed to resolve issues specific to metal-fueled systems. The severe-accident program at the Savannah River Site (SRS) is ...
Differences and similarities in severe accident progression and phenomena between commercial Light Water Reactors (LWR) and metal-fueled isotopic production Heavy Water Reactors (HWR) are described. It is very important to distinguish between accident progression in the two systems because each reactor type behaves in a unique manner ...
information about different types of disasters. Browse these EPA Disasters subtopics Accidents Accident Preparedness, Accident Prevention, Chemical Accidents, Radiation Accidents...
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Waste management, like many other issues, has experienced major milestones. In 1971, the Calvert Cliff's decision resulted in an entirely different approach to the consideration of environmental impact analysis in reactor siting. The accidents at Three Mi...
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This subscription offers publications presenting highway accident reports issued in calendar year 1983.
This subscription offers publications presenting highway accident reports issued in calendar year 1982.
... Accession Number : ADA412381. Title : Modelling Issues of Wireless LANs for Accident and Emergency Departments. Descriptive ...
DTIC Science & Technology
This paper aims at addressing the interest and appropriateness of performing accident severity analyses that are limited to fatal accident data. Two methodological issues are specifically discussed, namely the accident-size factors (the number of vehicles in the accident and their level of ...
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Spatial disorientation (SD) continues to contribute to a fairly constant proportion of military aircraft accidents. The U.S. Air Force (USAF) fielded a new accident investigation reporting form in July 1989, which for the first time specified Type I SD, Type II SD, and Type III SD as possible causes of aircraft accidents. Of a total of ...
Boys are involved in more motor vehicle accidents than are girls. Nighttime accidents account for relatively few accidents. However, severity of accident is increased at dark. A different type of accident occurs when the bicycle is used as a toy or as a m...
Fifteen thousand negligent drivers were issued several different types of warning letters, varying in threat intensity and degree of personalized style (intimacy) to determine their relative effectiveness in reducing accidents and violations. Also, one-ha...
... 17 Energy Minister Interviewed on Nuclear Accident at Tomsk [Tokyo NHK 7 Apr] .... ... Otherwise fication in Case of Nuclear Accidents. ...
The publication contains brief reports issued in May 1986. The brief reports present the accident description and probable cause for the following accidents: Grounding and sinking of Fish Tender ALASKA ROUGHNECK; Fire onboard and sinking of Fishing Vessel...
The prevalence of toileting problems was assessed in 153 adults with intellectual disability (ID) using the "Profile of Toileting Issues" ("POTI") and comparisons were made based on various demographic variables. The most frequently endorsed problems were "has toileting accidents during the day," "has toileting accidents during the ...
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... account the yearly variation in the number of accidents by using the difference between the actual number of accidents and the expected number of accidents as our ... ...
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Abstract: Accident Precursor Analjsi.7 (APA) serves as the bridge between ... differences in the nature and objectives of accident precursor analysis at ...
Mar 9, 2005 ... Knowing the outcome of an accident flight reveals what crew should have done differently; Accident crew does not know the outcome ...
This publication contains summary reports of major marine accidents, adopted from August 1979 through June 1982. The summary reports present the probable cause and accident descriptions for the following accidents: Oceanographic Research Vessel PROFILER, ...
This publication contains summary reports of major marine accidents, occurring from January through June 1979. The summary reports present the probable cause and accident descriptions for the following accidents: Fishing vessel OCEAN CAPE lost on January ...
A NASA Ames Research Center analysis of rotorcraft accident data identified safety issues that could lead to a reduction in accidents. The primary source of data was summaries of National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) accident reports. Lower cost hel...
An analysis of the frequency of four different types of rotorcraft accidents was conducted to determine if the number of fatalities and injuries between accident conditions was different. Accidents involving rollover, no rollover, fire, and no fire were s...
The research documented in the report involved a review of legal and insurance issues relative to off-site accident investigation locations, referred to as Accident Investigation Sites (AISs), through library searches and contact with a limited number of ...
report into the accident was issued in 2004. It provides a relatively thorough analysis of the causes of adequate risk mitigation in the events leading to the �berlingen accident. At Linate, the multi concerns between the �berlingen and Linate accidents. Staffing issues not only affected ...
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This paper addresses one of the controversial issues in the current comparative studies of the environmental and health impacts of energy systems, i.e. the treatment of severe accidents. The work covers technical aspects of severe accidents and thus primarily reflects an engineering perspective on the energy-related risk ...
... in Conflict, Environmental Trade as a Conduit for Crime, Nuclear Issues, Conflict and Environmental Crimes, and Environmental Accidents as Crimes....
Feb 18, 2003 ... Columbia Accident Investigation Board Press Briefing ... management issues, the work force issues, safety and mission insurance, ...
The management of severe accidents in light water reactors is receiving much attention in several countries. The reduction of risk by measures and/or actions that would affect the behavior of a severe accident is discussed. The research program that is being conducted by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission focuses on both in-vessel ...
The publication contains reports of aircraft accidents and incidents that occurred in 1977 and have not been included in a prior issue of briefs. Included are one U.S. air carrier accident, 26 U.S. air carrier incidents, 44 general aviation accidents occu...
This publication contains reports of aircraft accidents and incidents that occurred in 1980 and have not been included in a prior issue of briefs. Included are 14 U.S. air carrier accidents, 18 U.S. air carrier incidents, 106 general aviation accidents oc...
The author reviews previous research published in the area of industrial accidents. The review is limited to those studies which have established some behavioral cause in the impact of accidents. The effect of individual differences of the employee as a c...
... Title : Some Implications of the Three Mile Island Accident for LMFBR Safety and Licensing: The Design Basis Issue. Descriptive Note : RAND Note. ...
System-Wide Accident Prevention Addresses aviation safety issues ... Aviation System Monitoring and Modeling, Accident Mitigation, and Synthetic Vision. ...
of the accident could have been mitigated. The safety issues identified during the investigation were: 1 accidents, determine the probable causes of the accidents, issue safety recommendations, study. The following discussion includes a narrative description of the ...
The NASH categories (Natural, Accident, Suicide, Homicide) used on death certificates are known to obscure many of the psychological dimensions of death. Although there are many studies of death certificates of the extent to which suicide may be misclassified as accidental or natural deaths, and a few studies comparing individuals who commit suicides to accidental death ...
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...
The 1999 accident at the Tokaimura nuclear fuel processing plant near Tokyo is the context for a student discussion on nuclear power and the consequences of a nuclear accident. The case covers issues ranging from chemical process safety to risk management
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The 1999 accident at the Tokaimura nuclear fuel processing plant near Tokyo is the context for a student discussion on nuclear power and the consequences of a nuclear accident. The case covers issues ranging from chemical process safety to risk management of chemical industries to the ethical responsibilities of the chemical engineer.
An important goal of the US DOE reactor development program is to conceptualize advanced safety design features for a demonstration Sodium Fast Reactor (SFR). The treatment of severe accidents is one of the key safety issues in the design approach for adv...
restrictive limits. Hazard and Accident Analyses. The staff identified several issues related to the hazard and accident analyses: � It is unclear how the hazards associated with MAR activities in the locked rooms Effective Dose Equivalent will not be exceeded for bounding postulated accident scenarios. The Board
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...
The publication, containing reports of U. S. Civil aircraft accidents, in brief format, is issued monthly and includes those accidents analyzed and processed during the preceding month. The reports are reproduced directly from the coded record on magnetic...
The publication, contains reports of U. S. Civil aricraft accidents, in brief format, is issued monthly and includes those accidents analyzed and processed during the preceding month. The reports are reproduced directly from the coded record on magnetic t...
A Criticality Alarm System is normally designed to detect immediately the minimum accident of concern. This report covers the methodology to establish a different minimum accident of concern developed for shielded facilities and applied to a case of the canyon sump excursion in a Savannah River Site facility.
Regulatory guides are issued to describe and make available to the public such information as methods acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific parts of the NRC�s regulations, techniques used by the staff in evaluating specific problems or postulated accidents, and data needed by the NRC staff in its review of applications for permits and ...
The report describes how the different parties of the nuclear debate react to, and deal with, the information that arises on the issue, i.e. the process that leads to decision making. After the Chernobyl accident, a public enquiry was made, to form a base...
In the wake of the Bhopal accident, the US Environmental Protection Agency, the International Labour Organisation, and the World Bank have each issued guidelines for identification, assessment, and management of risks from major hazards at industrial facilities. These different approaches are compared in both theoretical and practical ...
The publication contains reports of aircraft accidents and incidents that occurred in 1975 and have not been included in a prior issue of briefs. Included are two U.S. air carrier accidents, 30 U.S. air carrier incidents, 123 U.S. general aviation acciden...
The publication contains selected aircraft accident reports, in brief format, occurring in U.S. Civil Aviation operations during calendar year 1974. The 898 General Aviation accidents contained represent a random selection. The publication is issued irreg...
Governments often regulate who may and may not drive vocationally for public safety purposes. Recent arguments, however, imply that employment opportunities may be limited unnecessarily for people with medical impairments. Drivers with diabetes treated with insulin are commonly perceived to pose an increased risk of accidents because of their susceptibility to hypoglycaemia. ...
PubMed Central
In the wake of tragic accidents in Italy, India, Mexico City, and elsewhere, the Council of European Communities, the International Labor Organization, the US Environmental Protection Agency, and the World Bank have each issued guidelines for identifying, assessing, and managing risks from major hazards at industrial facilities. These guidelines are ...
The Chernobyl accident and unfortunately the recent accident at the Fukushima 1 Nuclear Power Plant are the most serious accidents in the history of the nuclear technology and industry. Both of them have a huge and prolonged impact on environment as well as human health. Therefore, any technological developments and strategies that ...
Dec 10, 2004 ... Workshop for the exchange of information about incident and accident investigation and reporting systems in many different application ...
Results of calculations performed with MELCOR and HECTR in support of the NUREG-1150 (Severe Accident Risks: An Assessment for Five U.S. Nuclear Power Plants) study are presented in the report. The analyses examined a wide range of issues. The analyses in...
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 ...
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 accident. The ...
A study has been performed as part of the Severe Accident Risk Reduction Program (SARRP) to investigate the response of a particular pressurized water reactor with a subatmospheric containment (Surry Unit 1) to postulated severe accidents. A detailed containment event tree for the Surry plant has been devised to describe the various possible ...
... is not an issue for treatment of accident/terrorism victims, whereas it is a major concern for the ... ...
This posting attempts to explain how the Board determined the impact speed of the ... July 30, 2003: Columbia Accident Investigation Board Issues Preliminary ...
... for foreign providers in the specialty insurance market�cancer insurance, hospitalization, nursing care, and personal accident insurance. ...
... for foreign providers in the specialty insurance market � cancer insurance, hospitalization, nursing care, and personal accident insurance. ...
... Radioactivity Leakage Accident Detailed; Environmental Official on Nuclear Power Expansion; Sochi's Chernobyl Decontamination Measures ...
... Both the nuclear reactor accidents at Chernobyl and Three Mile Island and shipping disasters such as the Exxon Valdez and the Herald of Free ...
... Neither psychological nor organiza- tional forces encourage them to speculate ... public was generally uninformed and unaware of the basic issues. ...
... and penalize actions that might threaten the operation of satellites, including issues such as ASAT weapons, space debris, nuclear accidents in ...
System-Wide Accident Prevention Addresses aviation safety issues associated with human error and procedural non-compliance ...
... concerning this issue is addressed to the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, and the ...
Oct 30, 1997 ... For example, to achieve a reduction in the aircraft accident rate, the Enterprise must address not only issues that are currently causing ...
with safety (that is, with the possibility of a major accident that would release radioactivity in large amounts) has been the paramount issue for the designers and operators of...
SARNET (Severe Accident Research Network) is a Network of Excellence of the EU 6. Framework Programme that integrates in a sustainable manner the research capabilities of about fifty European organisations to resolve important remaining uncertainties and safety issues concerning existing and future nuclear plant, especially water-cooled reactors, under ...
A consistency review of accident analyses in US Department of Energy (DOE) safety, environmental, and emergency planning documents is presented. The range of and key differences in driving assumptions used in accident definition and frequency assessment, ...
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 publication contains brief reports issued in August of 1985. The brief reports present the accident description and probable cause for the following accidents: (Unless otherwise specified the vessels listed are of U.S. registry.) German Passenger Vess...
This publication contains brief reports issued in August of 1984. The brief reports present the accident description and probable cause for the following accidents: Liberian tankship M/V ATLAS EXPLORER and Barge Fleet, Bulk carrier M/V NICOLET, Fishing ve...
Details are given of more than 1,500 60-day-lost-time accidents and contains 12 tables showing different groupings and classifications of these underground accidents in Pennsylvania bituminous mines during 1939. Segregations reveal types and causes of accidents, groups of workers subjected to greatest hazards, ...
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 ...
ACcident Mitigation is a primary element of the Aviation. Safety. Program. The overall ..... Issues. The certification issues of a systems approach aircraft ...
The stated purpose of the investigations that invariably follow industrial, transportation, and mining disasters is to learn from those tragedies to prevent future tragedies. But does prior experience with disaster make organizations more capable of preventing future disasters? Do organizations learn from disasters experienced by other organizations? Do organizations learn ...
The attractiveness of quasi-induced exposure lies in the simplistic nature of its theory and application. As opposed to vehicle miles of travel, quasi-induced exposure is developed solely from the accident data themselves. Involvement ratios (IRs) are used to describe the relative over- or under-involvement of different driver-vehicle combinations in ...
Dr. Rudolf Schulten of West Germany and expert witnesses from national laboratories, utilities, and the nuclear industry testified on reactor safety issues as they relate to the Chernobyl accident and public concern that modern technology has not paid enough attention to public safety. Each of the witnesses contributed safety-related information based on ...
