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Technological Risk Assessment in the Process Industry: Recent Advances in Applications and Future Directions
Author(s) -
Haddad S.,
Mullins D. P.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
developments in chemical engineering and mineral processing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1932-2143
pISSN - 0969-1855
DOI - 10.1002/apj.5500080103
Subject(s) - scope (computer science) , risk assessment , risk analysis (engineering) , risk management , engineering , process (computing) , containment (computer programming) , management science , environmental planning , business , computer science , environmental science , computer security , finance , programming language , operating system
Qualitative and quantitative risk assessment techniques have been applied in Australia and elsewhere in the process and related industries since the early 1980s. Technological, methodological, policy and regulatory regimes have progressively evolved and been developed, as have the scope and range of applications. Risk assessment has developed from being a hesitant complementary tool to engineering codes and standards, into an established component of integrated decision‐making processes covering such areas as: strategic land use safety planning, development approvals, risk communication, safety management, fire protection and emergency planning and response. This paper focuses on recent experience in implementing risk assessment within the NSW planning framework. Recent developments in policy, methodology and applications are highlighted, in particular: multi‐level approaches to risk assessment; contaminated water containment and treatment; and ecological risk assessment. Future directions may witness the strengthening of technological risk assessment as a living tool in on‐going operational and organisational safety.