Severe accidents in the context of energy security and critical infrastructure protection

Reliability, Risk and Safety: Back to the Future

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 456-464

  Burgherr, P ^a   Eckle, P ^a   Hirschberg, S ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT RISKS; COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE RISK ASSESSMENTS; COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION; CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION; ENERGY CHAIN; ENERGY SECTOR; ENERGY SECURITY; ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS; HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL METHOD; RISK INDICATORS; SEVERE ACCIDENT; SPATIAL PATTERNS;

ENERGY POLICY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; RATING; RELIABILITY;

ACCIDENTS;

EID: 84861686115     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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