Comparative assessment of severe accident risks in the coal, oil and natural gas chains

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 105, Issue , 2012, Pages 97-103

  Burgherr, Peter ^a   Eckle, Petrissa ^a   Hirschberg, Stefan ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Comparative risk assessment; ENSAD database; Fossil energy chain; Risk indicator; Severe accident

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT RISKS; COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE RISK ASSESSMENTS; ENERGY SECURITY; FATALITY RATES; FOSSIL ENERGY; HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE; HUMAN HEALTH IMPACTS; NON-OECD COUNTRIES; RISK INDICATORS; RISK REDUCTIONS; RISK SCORE; SEVERE ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS; NATURAL GAS; PESTICIDE EFFECTS;

COAL;

EID: 84863987998     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2012.03.020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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