The fundamental objective of the accident management program is to assure, in the event of a severe accident at a nuclear plant, that the effectiveness of personnel and equipment is maximized in preventing or mitigating the consequences of the accident. T...
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This paper addresses the need for a management program for nuclear power accidents. According to the author, the tools and technology for severe accident management exist. The need for a clear, realistic definition of nuclear accident program ...
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... and their employees from accidents have two options: (1) insurance, and (2) accident prevention programs (Pate-Cornell, 1996). ...
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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 ...
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The use of NUREG-1150 and similar Probabilistic Risk Assessments in NRC and industry risk management programs is discussed. ''Risk management'' is more comprehensive than the commonly used term ''accident management.'' Accident management includes ...
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...
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 be...
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 ...
A fundamental element in a comprehensive, modern safety program is the thorough investigation of accidents and incidents. This manual provides usable guidelines for investigation of all accidents or incidents, and guidance for preparing for accident manag...
The objective of this report is to provide an assessment of the current light water reactor experience regarding accident management programs and associated technology developments. This assessment for light water reactor (LWR) designs is provided as a resource and reference for the development of accident ...
This reports documents work performed the NRC/RES Accident Management Guidance Program to evaluate possible strategies for mitigating the consequences of PWR severe accidents. The selection and evaluation of strategies was limited to the in-vessel phase of the severe accident, i.e., after the ...
The paper discusses Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) efforts regarding severe reactor accident management and the Nuclear Management and Resources Council (NUMAEX), activities. (EPRI) Electric Power Research Institute accident management program consists of the two ...
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. ...
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 ...
This paper briefly describes the results of work carried out in support of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Accident Management Research Program to evaluate the effectiveness and feasibility of current and proposed strategies for BWR severe accident m...
The report describes a human factors research project performed to: (1) support the Severe Accident Sequence Analysis (SASA) program and (2) develop a descriptive model of operator response in accident management. The first goal was accomplished by workin...
In Washington State, priority programming for evaluating accident prevention and mitigation (safety improvement) involves analysis of roadside features, but the effects that such features have on the frequency and severity of accidents is not well underst...
...safety reporting and incident/accident response. 91.1021 ...Ownership Operations Program Management § 91.1021 Internal safety reporting and incident/accident response. (a) Each...to an aviation...
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The nuclear industry is now initiating a serious effort to define the elements of an accident management program at each utility with an operating reactor, which is a significant change in conditions from those in 1985, when the work of Di Salvo et al. was published. Each utility is now conducting an individual plant examination (IPE) ...
In 1990, the Safety Analysis Group at the Savannah River Site (SRS) began development of an Accident Management program. The program was designed to provide a total system which would meet the Department of Energy (DOE) Safety Performance Criteria, in reg...
The objective of this report is to provide an assessment of the current light water reactor experience regarding accident management programs and associated technology developments. This assessment for light water reactor (LWR) designs is provided as a re...
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In ordr to institute an effective accident prevention program and to preserve a safe working environment, all levels of management must be committed to the program's implementation and improvement. This paper reviews accident prevention techniques, provides an overview of ...
... including Aviation Safety, Human Factors, Systems Safety, Life Cycle Analysis and Management, Aircraft Accident Investigation and Safety Programs. ...
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The first section of this report describes the methodology and computational framework for the facility accident analysis for the EM PEIS. To demonstrate the interaction of the modules, a sample calculation is presented along with a chart of the data flow...
... Descriptors : *DECISION MAKING, *SAFETY FACTOR, *ACCIDENTS, *MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS, MILITARY PERSONNEL, MANAGEMENT ...
The use of NUREG-1150 and similar Probabilistic Risk Assessments in NRC and industry risk management programs is discussed. Risk management'' is more comprehensive than the commonly used term accident management.'' Accident ...
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 ...
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 ...
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Due to the government requirements severe accident mitigating measures were implemented at Barseback nuclear power plant in 1985 and at the other Swedish nuclear power plants in 1988. For the latter plants these measures included protection against early containment impairment, highly redundant containment spray and filtered venting of the containment. ...
EPA programs help ensure that facilities and organizations take steps to prevent oil spills, chemical accidents, and other emergencies, implement planning and preparedness...
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The Severe Accident Analysis Program (SAAP) is a program of experimental and analytical studies aimed at characterizing severe accidents that might occur in the Savannah River Site Production Reactors. The goals of the Severe Accident Analysis Program are: To develop an ...
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A fundamental element in a comprehensive, modern safety program is the thorough investigation of accidents and incidents. This manual provides usable guidelines for investigation of all accidents or incidents, and guidance for preparing for accident management and investigation, appointing ...
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This book contains the proceedings on medical management of radiation accidents. Topics covered include: Fundamentals of radiation accidents, Emergency room management of radiation accidents, and Special aspects of nuclear power.
...ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED) AIR PROGRAMS (CONTINUED) CHEMICAL ACCIDENT PREVENTION PROVISIONS Risk Management Plan § 68.170 Prevention program/Program 2. (a) For each Program 2 process, the owner or...
Human health risks as a consequence of potential radiological releases resulting from plausible accident scenarios constitute an important consideration in the US Department of Energy (DOE) national program to manage the treatment, storage, and disposal of wastes. As part of this program, the Office of ...
Preliminary accident analyses and radiological source term evaluations have been conducted for transuranic waste (TRUW) as part of the US Department of Energy (DOE) effort to manage storage, treatment, and disposal of radioactive wastes at its various sites. The approach to assessing radiological releases from facility accidents was ...
The report provides the results of work carried out in support of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Accident Management Research Program to develop a technical basis for evaluating the effectiveness and feasibility of current and proposed strategies ...
... AIR PROGRAMS (CONTINUED) CHEMICAL ACCIDENT PREVENTION PROVISIONS Risk Management Plan § 68.155 Executive summary...prevention steps; (d) The five-year accident history; (e) The emergency...
...DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (CONTINUED) AIR TRAFFIC AND GENERAL OPERATING RULES GENERAL OPERATING AND FLIGHT RULES Fractional Ownership Operations Program Management § 91.1021 Internal safety reporting and incident/accident...
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about homeland security research. Browse these EPA Emergency Response subtopics Accidents Accident Preparedness, Accident Prevention, Chemical Accidents, Radiation Accidents...
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In support of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Accident Management Research Program, the availability of instruments to supply accident management information during a broad range of severe accidents is evaluated for a pressurized water reactor with a large dry ...
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To enhance the capability of reactor operators to cope with the hypothetical severe accident its the key issue for utilities. Taiwan Power Company has started the enhancement programs on extension of emergency operating procedures (EOPs). It includes the review of existing LOPs based on the conclusions and recommendations of probabilistic risk assessment ...
In support of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Accident Management Research Program, information needs during severe accidents have been evaluated for Boiling Water Reactors (BWRs) with MARK 1 containments. This evaluation was performed using a methodology that identifies plant information needs necessary for ...
Aircraft fires represent a small number of actual accidents, ... health management in order to prevent or accommodate safety-significant malfunctions. ...
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The role of management in the responsibility for training personnel in the fundamentals of safety and accident prevention is discussed. Program for radiation protection, with emphasis on criticality safety, are discussed briefly. (CH)
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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 ...
Accident management is examined from several related 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 managem...
In 1990, the Safety Analysis Group at the Savannah River Site (SRS) began development of an Accident Management program. The program was designed to provide a total system which would meet the Department of Energy (DOE) Safety Performance Criteria, in regard to severe accident ...
This report provides the results of work carried out in support of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Accident Management Research Program to develop a technical basis for evaluating the effectiveness and feasibility of current and proposed strategies for boiling water reactor (BWR) severe accident ...
Deep sub-surface mining is one of South Africa s leading industries. It is also one of the most dangerous. While safety is maintained as much as possible to minimize cave-ins and other accidents, underground tremors and earthquakes are commonplace and unpredictable and usually involve life threatening injuries and loss of life. Crisis intervention and trauma ...
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This three-volume report contains 83 papers out of the 108 that were presented at the Nineteenth Water Reactor Safety Information Meeting held at the Bethesda Marriott Hotel, Bethesda, Maryland, during the week of October 28--30, 1991. The papers are printed in the order of their presentation in each session and describe progress and results of programs in nuclear safety ...
A principal consideration in developing waste management strategies is the relative importance of Potential radiological and hazardous releases to the environment during postulated facility accidents with respect to protection of human health and the environment. The Office of Environmental Management (EM) within the US Department of ...
The 7 papers in this report deal with the following areas: managing traffic records systems through management information systems; Pennsylvania driving under the influence extra enforcement grants: how traffic records can assist a highway safety program;...
...PROGRAMS (CONTINUED) CHEMICAL ACCIDENT PREVENTION...75 Management of change. (a) The owner...procedures to manage changes (except for �replacements...kind�) to process chemicals, technology, equipment...and procedures; and, changes to stationary...
This paper briefly describes the results of work carried out in support of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Accident Management Research Program to evaluate the effectiveness and feasibility of current and proposed strategies for BWR severe accident management. These results are described ...
Severe accident management can be defined as the use of existing and/or alternative resources, systems and actors to prevent or mitigate a core-melt accident. For each accident sequence and each combination of severe accident management strategies, there ...
The Modular Accident Analysis Program (MAAP) simulates LWR system response to a severe core accident. Overall, calculations performed with the PWR version of MAAP have compared well with a wide variety of other data. These results have proven MAAP an acceptable tool to support individual plant examinations and ...
... Radiation on Behavior and the Brain; Nuclear Weapons Accident Response Procedure; Management of Radiation Accidents; Medical Operations ...
As part of a US Nuclear Regulatory Commission program focusing on the accident management capabilities of operating nuclear plants, Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) is carrying out a series of studies of containment and release management (CRM) for each of the five containment types used in US commercial power ...
...ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED) AIR PROGRAMS (CONTINUED) CHEMICAL ACCIDENT PREVENTION PROVISIONS Risk Management Plan § 68.180 Emergency response program. (a) The owner or operator shall provide in the RMP the...
...Environment ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED) AIR PROGRAMS (CONTINUED) CHEMICAL ACCIDENT PREVENTION PROVISIONS Risk Management Plan § 68.180 Emergency response program. (a) The owner or operator shall...
...AIR PROGRAMS (CONTINUED) CHEMICAL ACCIDENT PREVENTION PROVISIONS Risk Management Plan § 68...c) The name(s) of the chemical(s) covered. (d...Federal or state regulations or industry-specific design codes...
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, ...
Nuclear capacity in Korea has been increased to occupy more than 50% in total electricity generation since the start up of the first nuclear power plant in 1978. As to other nuclear countries, the TMI-2 and the Chernobyl accidents have brought renewed safety concerns into Korean nuclear community on severe accidents. The safety of commercial nuclear power ...
The knowledge of the leakage behavior of containments beyond design conditions is required for evaluation of severe accident mitigation strategies, risk studies, emergency preparedness, planning and siting. Strategies for managing these severe accidents will be severely hampered unless a methodology for predicting the timing, mode, and ...
According to the 1995 World Disaster Report, accidents are second only to floods in frequency. Chemical accidents leading to a serious danger to the general public and to the environment rank 10th, just after epidemics and followed by landslides. Can the occurrence of these environmental accidents be reduced in the future and their ...
Psychophysiological factors are not uncommon terms in the aviation incident/accident investigation sequence where human error is involved. It is highly suspect that the same psychophysiological factors may also exist in the industrial arena where operator personnel function; but, there is little evidence in literature indicating how management and ...
Most laboratory safety programs include inspections to identify hazards and thereby control accidents. There are certain elements that must be a part of a successful inspection and control process. These are a systematic and consistent inspection procedure, a reliable evaluation of identified hazards, and effective follow-up actions. Laboratory ...
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 ...
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in risk management is common sense. Try to prevent accidents. If something you are about to do seems risky with a sports or outdoors component.) Try to arrange your program's activities so that you don't have to rely
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The Integrated Vehicle Health Management (IVHM) Project is one of the four projects within the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Aviation Safety Program (AvSafe). The IVHM Project conducts research to develop validated tools and techn...
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The MAAP Accident Response System (MARS) is a userfriendly computer software developed to provide management and engineering staff with the most needed insights, during actual or simulated accidents, of the current and future conditions of the plant based on current plant data and its trends. To demonstrate the reliability of the MARS ...
One method used by the Department of Energy (DOE) to promote worker safety is through the Department`s accident investigation program. The objectives of the program are, among other things, to enhance safety and health of employees, to prevent the recurrence of accidents, and to reduce accident ...
The experience on accident management on French PWRs is described. Figs and tabs. (Atomindex citation 24:067281)
... The chief executive is responsible to ensure that each manager is provided with a periodic summary of his unit's safety performance. The Accident ...
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... Accession Number : ADP004472. Title : Accident Management Orientation Guide,. Corporate Author : SCS ENGINEERS RESTON VA. ...
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Effective planning for the management of severe accidents at nuclear power plants can produce both a reduction in the frequency of such accidents as well as the ability to mitigate their consequences if and when they should occur. This report provides an ...
A strategy has been developed for systematically addressing and handling the hazards posed by a transportation accident involving hazardous materials. The Accident Management Orientation Guide presents this system as a logic sequence of events in a color-...
As an essential part of the Army Aviation Accident Prevention Program, System Safety is dedicated to 'before the fact' elimination of hazards from aircraft systems by the application of management, science, and technology principles. MIL-STD-882 gives the...
As an essential part of the Army aviation accident prevention program, System Safety is dedicated to 'before the fact' elimination of hazards from aircraft systems by the application of management, science, and technology principles. Army attempts to appl...
Sep 21, 2005 ... Following the Space Shuttle Columbia accident, Hale joined the ... For more information about the Space Shuttle Program and shuttle ... Awards and Recognition � Solar System Exploration Roadmap � Contact Us � Site Map ...
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than those of New Jersey because Delaware performs fewer facility audits. The State's fee system that funds its accident prevention program raises $140,000 of the $225,000...
...ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED) AIR PROGRAMS (CONTINUED) CHEMICAL ACCIDENT PREVENTION PROVISIONS Risk Management Plan § 68.185 Certification. (a) For Program 1 processes, the owner or operator shall submit in...
...Environment ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED) AIR PROGRAMS (CONTINUED) CHEMICAL ACCIDENT PREVENTION PROVISIONS Risk Management Plan § 68.185 Certification. (a) For Program 1 processes, the owner or...
In recent years, the Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center of the University of Pennsylvania has worked under a cooperative agreement with EPA to carry out a program of basic and applied research into chemical facility risk management. Thi...
The risk to human health of potential radiological releases resulting from facility accidents constitutes an important consideration in the US Department of Energy (DOE) waste management program. The DOE Office of Environmental Management (EM) is currently preparing a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement ...
A management Oversight and Risk Tree (MORT) was designed to provede a technique for thorough, searching investigation of occupational accidents and analysis of safety programs. MORT has been used to improve safety in specific activities and in already low accident rates or probabilities. MORT is a formal, ...
As part of the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program, an Accident Planning Base Review Group (APBRG) was convened in December 1992. The APBRG`s mission was to update the accident basis for protective action strategy planning in the vicinity of eight US chemical agent stockpile sites. The results of the APBRG`s work are ...
This paper provides an overview of recent results derived from the accident history data collected under 112(r) of the Clean Air Act Amendments (the Risk Management Program (RMP) Rule) covering the period 1994-2000, together with a preliminary assessment of the effectiveness of the RMP Rule as a form of Management ...
The report details a catastrophe theory model of the accident process with empirical validation. According to the cusp model, two distinct levels of risk can be observed for a distribution of group accident rates, one at 0.0 Occupational Safety and Health Association (OSHA)-reportable accidents per 100 person-years of exposure and one ...
Aircraft Accidents and NASA's Aviation Safety Program Worksheet ... What measures would you suggest to prevent similar accidents from occurring in the ...
Results accomplished by safety work at one mine where management decided that avoidable accidents must be prevented and that essentially all accidents are avoidable are shown.
Two regulatory programs--The Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) process safety management standard and the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposed risk management program--were developed to prevent and minimize the consequences of such catastrophic ...
Detailed Assessment of Post Accident Program Impacts, 3/18/86. ... JPL September Input for Mission Operations System Management Report, 9/11/84-10/4/84. ...
The report contains information about accidents, hazards, and safety programs in 10 selected areas of the National Park System. The study teams reviewed safety in relation to the visiting public. Most emphasis was directed to visitor safety and hazards un...
The development of a culture of safety and NASA since the Challenger accident is reviewed. The technical elements of the strengthened NASA safety program are described, including problem reporting, risk/assessment/risk management, operational safety, and safety assurance are addressed. Future directions in the development of safety are ...
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The Radiological Emergency Preparedness (REP) Program was created after the March 1979 accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power station. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) assists state and local governments in reviewing and evaluating ...
The objective of the study was to: Identify accident and exposure trends and causal factors; Develop effective countermeasures; and Determine cost and effectiveness of operational countermeasures for management decisions. (Author)
...ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED) AIR PROGRAMS (CONTINUED) CHEMICAL ACCIDENT PREVENTION PROVISIONS Risk Management Plan § 68.160 Registration. (a) The owner or operator shall complete a single registration form...
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