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9. Glossary
Target; Cible
Elements such as people, equipment, property or the various components of the environment, likely to suffer damage under certain circumstances as a result of exposure to the hazard.
Danger; Hazard
Property intrinsic to a substance (butane, chlorine, etc.), a technical system (pressurization of a gas, etc.), an arrangement (elevation of a load, etc.), an organism (microbes), etc., likely to cause damage to a target.
Effect of a dangerous phenomenon – Vecteur d'escalade; Escalation vector
Characteristics of the physical, chemical and other phenomena associated with the hazard in question: heat flow, toxic concentration, overpressure, missile projection, etc.
Événement redouté central; Major hazard event – Top event
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Bibliography
Regulations
Seveso I" Directive, No. 82/501 of June 24, 1982 (OJEC August 5, No. L 230) on the major accident hazards of certain industrial activities.
Seveso II" Directive, No. 96/82 of December 9, 1996 (OJEC Jan. 14, 1997, No. L 10) on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances.
So-called "Seveso III" Directive, No. 2012/18/EU of July 4, 2012 (OJEU No. 197 of...
Databases
ARIA – BARPI – Ministère de la Transition écologique et solidaire https://www.aria.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/
MAH – Major accident hazard pipelines http://www.hse.gov.uk/pipelines/hseandpipelines.htm
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ARIPAR 5.0 – Reference Manual – Software Tool for Area Risk http://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC67147
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HSL-Health and Safety Laboratory
TNO
...Standards
FD ISO Guide 73 – Risk management – Vocabulary (classification index: X50-251) December 2009.
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