Consideration of natural hazards in the design and risk management of industrial facilities |
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| Authors: | Ana Maria Cruz Norio Okada |
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| Affiliation: | (1) EADP, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, USA;(2) DRS, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan;(3) Major Accident Hazards Bureau and NEDIES, European Commission, Joint Research Centre, TP 670, Via Fermi 1, Ispra, Varese, 21020, Italy |
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| Abstract: | Recent chemical accidents precipitated by natural disasters have prompted governments in the United States, Japan, and Europe, among other countries, to re-evaluate current practices in the design and risk management of industrial facilities. This paper presents an overview of natural hazard design considerations and external events risk management requirements in the industrial sector, with particular emphasis on industrial practices in the United States, Japan, and Europe. The analysis shows that although regulations exist to ensure industrial plant structures are built to resist natural hazards (up to the design level), there are few laws to address the performance of non-structural elements and safety and emergency response measures during a natural disaster. Laws usually also refer to natural hazards only indirectly, and provisions to prevent or respond to simultaneous disasters from single or multiple sources concurrent with the natural disaster are usually not present. |
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| Keywords: | External events Natural hazards Natechs Industrial design Risk management Industry Chemical accidents |
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