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Richard Gowland to Chair Session at Industrial Technologies 2010 Conference
02/09/2010
EPSC Technical Director, Richard Gowland, is to chair a session on integrating safety into emerging technologies at the development stage, to take part on 7th September at Industrial Technologies 2010.
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02/09/2010
EPSC Technical Director, Richard Gowland, is to chair a session on integrating safety into emerging technologies at the development stage, to take part on 7th September at Industrial Technologies 2010.
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2006-2008 Seveso 2 Implementation Report Made Available
23/08/2010
A summary of EU Member State reports of Seveso data covering the period 2006 to 2008 has been made available by the European Commission.
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23/08/2010
A summary of EU Member State reports of Seveso data covering the period 2006 to 2008 has been made available by the European Commission.
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CFPB To Hold Workshop On Land Use Planning For LPG
11/08/2010
The Comité Français du Propane et Butane (CFPB) is to hold a one day workshop next month in Paris on Industrial Safety and Land-use Planning around LPG establishments.
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11/08/2010
The Comité Français du Propane et Butane (CFPB) is to hold a one day workshop next month in Paris on Industrial Safety and Land-use Planning around LPG establishments.
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EPSC Strategic Review on Process Safety Competence
11/08/2010
EPSC has initiated a strategic review on process safety competence which it expects to publish mid 2011, for which it is requesting input.
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11/08/2010
EPSC has initiated a strategic review on process safety competence which it expects to publish mid 2011, for which it is requesting input.
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Stuxnet Worm Webinar - Details of Process Control Malware
11/08/2010
IndustrialDefender hold a series of webinars on Stuxnet, the first malware found to deliberately target industrial process control software.
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11/08/2010
IndustrialDefender hold a series of webinars on Stuxnet, the first malware found to deliberately target industrial process control software.
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TWG2 Meeting Prompts Discussion on Ageing Assets
22/07/2010A French national plan on safety of ageing equipment has been raised for discussion at a meeting of Technical Working Group 2 in Brighton.
The plan aims to examine safety issues of degradation of equipment by exposure to its environment. Corrosion, wear, and other long term damage to equipment become a greater concern as assets are left in service for long periods.
This plan has prompted a question applicable to Europe as a whole of whether special attention to ageing equipment is justified separate to normal maintenance and replacement activities. Inspection and assessment of the condition of equipment is expected where corrosion or other wear is relatively rapid. Are slower forms of degradation a sufficiently different problem to be treated seperately? This relates in particular to damage caused by exposure to non-hazardous environments such as outside air and weather as well as to production substances.
There are examples of incidents to be found where ageing of equipment has been a contributing factor through a variety of mechanisms. These include direct weakening of containing walls from within or from outside, as well as failure of physical supporting structures due to corrosion, and thermal expansion damage.