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Ivan Vince describes how a design error in a nuclear plant cleaning operation ultimately resulted in damage to the power plant and the release of radioactive material » More Details

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Tony Fishwick describes an example of a dependent failure caused by a change in circumstance totally outside the control of the organisation that it affected, i.e. a change in feedstock composition » More Details

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Latest events in process safety » More Details

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Tony Fishwick discusses how a relatively small leak at a petrochemical plant escalated into a large fire, resulting in the destruction of a nearby acrylonitrile tank and the release of its contents. » More Details

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Geoff Gill, Tony Fishwick and Ian Curran describe how corrosion located in a boiler weld had far-reaching consequences resulting in the shutdown of the entire plant » More Details

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Tony Fishwick and Geoff Gill explain a sequence of events within a processing plant which culminated in an ammonia release » More Details

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Didier Pitrat gives an overview of common mode failure incidents originating in design, construction, maintenance and operation and highlights how standardised design and risk analysis methods can help to decrease their probability. » More Details

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Highlights from the latest issue of Process Safety and Environmental Protection » More Details

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Richard Gowland summarises an EPSC work group project looking at whether independent safety barriers are truly independent, illustrated by incidents that have occurred due to the simultaneous failure of all protective systems. » More Details

Issue Date: 02/04/2013