Severe accident risks in fossil energy chains: A comparative analysis

Energy

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 538-553

  Burgherr, Peter ^a   Hirschberg, Stefan ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aggregated indicators; Energy sector; ENSAD database; Fossil energy chain; Frequency consequence curve; Geostatistics; Risk assessment; Severe accident

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; POWER PLANTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ENERGY-RELATED SEVERE ACCIDENT DATABASE (ENSAD); FOSSIL ENERGY CHAINS; PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUT (PSI);

FOSSIL FUELS;

ACCIDENTS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; FOSSIL FUELS; POWER PLANTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCIDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATABASE; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EUROPEAN UNION; FOSSIL; OCCUPATION; POWER PLANT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 39849103717     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2007.10.015     Document Type: Article

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