The Seveso II experience in the application of generic substance criteria to identify major hazard sites

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 171, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 16-28

  Wood, Maureen Heraty ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Control of major accident hazards; Generic criteria; Industrial safety; Major hazard sites; Named substances; Qualifying quantities; Seveso; Substance criteria; Threshold quantities

Indexed keywords

CONTROL OF MAJOR ACCIDENT HAZARDS; GENERIC CRITERIA; INDUSTRIAL SAFETY; MAJOR HAZARD SITES; NAMED SUBSTANCES; QUALIFYING QUANTITIES; SEVESO; SUBSTANCE CRITERIA; THRESHOLD QUANTITIES;

ACCIDENTS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; LAW ENFORCEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

HAZARDS;

ALCOHOL; ALUMINUM; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM NITRATE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARCINOGEN; CHLOROBENZENE; CYCLOHEXYLAMINE; EXPLOSIVE; FURAN; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; LEAD; LITHIUM; METHANE; NITRIC ACID; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PETROLEUM; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM NITRATE; SODIUM; SODIUM PEROXIDE; STYRENE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; THIOL; TOLUENE; ZINC;

CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; EUROPEAN UNION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LITERATURE REVIEW; THRESHOLD;

ANALYTIC METHOD; DANGEROUS GOODS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LAW; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; DISASTER PLANNING; DOCUMENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPEAN UNION; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LOMBARDY; MILANO [LOMBARDY]; SEVESO; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 70349376453     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.05.110     Document Type: Review

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