Disaster Prevention and Management: Volume 3 Issue 2
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An International JournalTable of contents
The Development of UK and European Major Hazards Legislation and the Review of the Seveso Directive: The Implications for Industry
Ron De CortDescribes the development of major hazard controls, first domesticallyin the UK and more recently in the European Community. Traces UKdevelopments are traced from the early…
Why Do We Worry When Scientists Say There Is No Risk?
Alan Sidney KirkwoodThere is sometimes a divergence of opinion between scientists and thegeneral public on the acceptability of the risk associated with anindustrial project. This divergence has…
Nuclear Industry Road Emergency Response Plan (NIREP)
Norman McPhail, Joe HigsonThe Nuclear Industry Road Emergency Response Plan is a mutual aid schemeinvolving the major companies in the nuclear industry. The arrangementswere developed to provide a response…
CIMAH and the Environment
Shaun WelshThe UK′s Control of Industrial Major Accident Hazards (CIMAH)Regulations 1984 implement the European Communities “Seveso” Directive(82/501/EEC). Central to these regulations are…
Flood Management: Bradford Paper
Vaughan RobertsIn February 1990 severe storms hit most of Britain, and in Towyn, aseaside resort in North Wales – the effects were dramatic. The force ofthe sea caused a breach in the sea…
An International Company’s Approach to Managing Major Incidents
Keith H. CameronAssesses the capability of dealing with all the issues resulting from amajor incident. Looks at some ways to develop and improve managementcapability and success in introducing…
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0965-3562Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Dr JC Gaillard
- Dr Emmanuel Raju