Accident Monitoring Articles

There has been considerable interest recently generated regarding emergency air sampling protocols as a result of the Fukushima accident in Japan. A major concern involving air sampling requirements is the accurate determination of gaseous-radioactive iodine species emitted from the NPP to the environment as a result of an accident. During normal NPP operation gaseous radioactive iodine ...

Aug. 10, 2017

By F&J Specialty Products, Inc.

A UK court has used telematics data in a landmark case, ruling that a driver should not be held liable for a car accident. The case concerned a collision, for which the third party claimed fault lay with the Insure The Box customer. During the trial at ...

Aug. 2, 2016

By Microlise Limited

In recent years, frequent urban drinking water contamination accidents have caused significant impacts on society in China. However, emergency measures are primarily realized as management policies lack systematic technologies especially for those within-network contamination accidents. The aim of this paper is to perform analysis on cases of contaminant accidents that occurred in water ...

Jul. 22, 2016

By IWA Publishing

With the rise in unwanted scenarios in nature due to the man-made activities in the environment a severe need for proper surveillance of various disasters causing factors is a must in the current prevailing situations. An uncountable millions of lives are being lost every year due to accidents or natural calamities. The squandering caused by such undesirable phenomena’s can be curtailed by ...

Oct. 19, 2015

By Soldata Limited

Delivering operational efficiency Oxford Instruments specialises in the design, manufacture and support of high-technology tools and systems for industry, research, space, energy, defence and healthcare. Business needs Oxford Instruments needed to improve the management of Health & Safety acrossall locations. A gap analysis identified a number of key ...

Sep. 16, 2014

By Rivo, a Sphera Company

A basic principle of safety can be illustrated by the accident triangle. This principle states that for each accidental death that occurs, there are X instances of human injury, Y instances of property damage, and Z instances of what we will call Near Misses (in which the hazardous situation exists but an accident does not occur). Common examples of Near Miss behavior include smoking in bed, or ...

Oct. 5, 2013

By Control Instruments Corporation

Emergency management requires fast mobile AND continuous surveillanceof gamma radiation At nuclear disaster scenarios – like it has just occurred these days in Japan – the efficiency ofemergency management on-site as well as off-site is closely connected to the quality and reliability ofthe recent status information. As one of the essential parameters for assessing the nuclear ...

May 26, 2011

By Bertin Instruments

This paper presents the SARRIM Software, a multi-function atmospheric dispersion model dealing with the local and large scale impact assessment for propellant and hypergolic rocket releases, nominal or accidental launch, controlled propellant fires and booster test bench. It is an operational and fast running tool taking into account stratifications inside the PBL using the last on-site ...

Feb. 8, 2011

By Inderscience Publishers

This paper describes the studies that were carried out to establish the available resources of the hospitals situated near to Bulgarian NPP 'Kozloduy' to perform medical treatment of casualties in mass radiation accidents. Special attention has been paid to evaluate the possibility to perform first aid and triage to the victims, radiation monitoring procedure and decontamination. The expert view ...

Dec. 17, 2010

By Inderscience Publishers

For over 25 years, BREEZE Software has developed a wide range of applications including air dispersion, accidental release, and explosion safety assessment models. In addition to the BREEZE product line, the development staff evaluates, develops, and adapts dispersion modeling algorithms for specific needs and builds custom software for government and various industries worldwide. The ...

Jul. 1, 2010

By Trinity Consultants

The LOSTRAC software is devoted to real-time tracking of accidental atmospheric releases. It allows one to calculate, within a few minutes from the moment when the accident is reported and localised, displacement and diffusion of atmospheric pollution. It also provides short-term evolution forecasting. It should become one of the tools for assisting the authorities in charge of safety operations ...

Sep. 17, 2009

By Inderscience Publishers

This paper is focused on the testing of a methodology developed for nuclear risk and vulnerability assessment, and probabilistic evaluation of the long-term atmospheric transport and deposition patterns for radioactive pollutants from selected nuclear risk sites in the Euro-Arctic region. A combination of models (3-D trajectory, DERMA, and HIRLAM) was used to simulate such transport, dispersion, ...

Aug. 13, 2009

By Inderscience Publishers

The Maryland State Highway Administration (MSHA) ensures safe and efficient travel for the state's 4 million motorists by maintaining more than 16,000 lane miles of dedicated roadways. MSHA employs 3,200 persons, most of whom perform tasks that support the agency's traffic safety programs or highway operations. MSHA uses Compliance Suite Safety Management Software by ESS to enable safety ...

Nov. 17, 2008

By IHS Markit

We experience various types of radiation accidents. When a radiation accident happens, one of the important aspects that we have to consider is the radiation dose to the victims of the accident. To judge the health effects due to radiation exposure, it is necessary to make a dose assessment. There is a variety of dose assessment methods, of two types: biological dosimetry and physical dosimetry. ...

Mar. 25, 2008

By Inderscience Publishers

To investigate the possibilities to improve the Dutch nuclear emergency management system, a pilot study was carried out on a data assimilation method for our atmospheric dispersion model. By means of the data assimilation method, the prediction of potentially contaminated areas in the early and late phases of a nuclear accident can significantly be improved. In the early phase, results of the ...

Jul. 2, 2007

By Inderscience Publishers

In the case of a severe nuclear accident, radionuclides may be released into the atmosphere and contaminate large areas. Radiological maps are obtained after converting local measurements into continuous information in space. Ideally, the mapping process should be fully automatic and provide information in real time. This paper is presenting the results obtained from two statistical exercises ...

Jul. 2, 2007

By Inderscience Publishers

Shortly after the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident the European Commission (EC) initiated various activities in order to make early notification and reliable radiological information available to the European Union (EU) Member States in case of nuclear accidents. The Radioactivity Environmental Monitoring (REM) group at the Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES) of the Joint ...

Jul. 2, 2007

By Inderscience Publishers

The interaction and inter-dependence between decision making, Decision Support Systems (DSS) and measurements in a radiological emergency situation is discussed. Data and DSS products of importance are identified in different phases of an accident. Planning of decision making must focus on comprehensible and clear concepts. In the early phase, clear and unambiguous model prognoses are needed for ...

Jul. 2, 2007

By Inderscience Publishers

The trajectory model FLEXTRA has been implemented as a tool that can be used in different analyses of the situation arisen after accidental release of airborne harmful material. The aim of this report is to give the technical specification of the implementation of a trajectory model FLEXTRA that can be used by the administrator and by the user. Some operational elements are also presented, ...

Jan. 1, 2006

The Istanbul Channel has a considerable amount of maritime traffic and is one of the most difficult-to-navigate waterways in the world. Ships are consequently prone to accidents. These accidents impose risks on the nearby population, property and the environment. Naturally, besides any adverse meteorological and geographical conditions, the increase in the volume of transit and local maritime ...

Jan. 30, 2004

By Inderscience Publishers