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2. Objectives and content of a hazard study (ESD)
2.1 A few reminders of terminology
Risk: "Possibility of damage resulting from exposure to the effects of a dangerous phenomenon. In the specific context of "technological risk", risk is, for a given accident, the combination of the probability of occurrence of a dreaded/final event and the severity of its consequences on vulnerable elements" (according to circular May 10, 2010).
Danger: "This concept defines a property intrinsic to a substance (butane, chlorine...), a technical system (pressurizing a gas...), an arrangement (raising a load...), an organism (microbes), etc..., of such a nature as to cause damage to a "vulnerable element" [the notions of flammability or explosiveness, toxicity, infectious...
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Objectives and content of a hazard study (ESD)
Main steps in risk analysis
Bibliography
- (1) - Rapport INERIS - Synthèse des exclusions des accidents majeurs, phénomènes dangereux et de leurs causes, des Plans Particuliers d'Intervention, de la démarche de Mesure de Maîtrise des Risques et des Plans de Prévention des Risques Technologiques - Rapport DRA-09-1 03142-12236 A (07/10/2009).
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ARIA – Technological accident database.
French Ministry of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Town and Country Planning (MEEDDAT)
Regulations
Arrêté ministériel du 29 septembre 2005 relatif à l'évaluation et à la prise en compte de la probabilité d'occurrence, de la cinétique et de l'intensité des effets et de la gravité des conséquences des accidents potentiels dans les études de dangers des IC soumises à autorisation.
Circular dated May 10, 2010 summarizing the methodological rules applicable to hazard studies, risk reduction at source...
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