DocumentCode
2532481
Title
Plant upgrades in response to accidents: HRA considerations
Author
Spurgin, Anthony J.
Author_Institution
San Diego, California, USA
fYear
2007
fDate
26-31 Aug. 2007
Firstpage
328
Lastpage
333
Abstract
This paper discusses lessons learned in the nuclear industry following the Three Mile Island accident and how they maybe used to improve the petrochemical industry safety. The process of improvement is discussed in the context of the British Petroleum Texas City accident. The paper refers to PRA/HRA methods and if applied to the Petrochemical industry could help management in its decision-making to improve both safety and availability of refinery operations. 15 persons were killed and 150 were injured in the BP accident.
Keywords
Chemical industry; Cities and towns; Humans; Industrial accidents; Industrial relations; Nuclear facility regulation; Petrochemicals; Petroleum; Power generation; Safety;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Human Factors and Power Plants and HPRCT 13th Annual Meeting, 2007 IEEE 8th
Conference_Location
Monterey, CA, USA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-0306-6
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-0306-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/HFPP.2007.4413228
Filename
4413228
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