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Inherently safer design: The growth of an idea

✍ Scribed by Trevor A. Kletz

Publisher
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Year
1996
Tongue
English
Weight
537 KB
Volume
15
Category
Article
ISSN
1066-8527

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Inherently safer design, that is, avoiding hazards rather than controlling them, has advocated since the explosion at Flixborough in 1974. Progress has been real but nevertheless the concept has not been adopted nearly as rapidly as quantitative risk assessment, introduced into the chemical industry only a few years earlier. The present position is reviewed and the constraints that have to be overcome are outlined.

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