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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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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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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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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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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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Investigation Into The Regulation Of Bulk CO2 Storage Under Seveso

14/04/2010
CO2 is not currently classed as a dangerous substance for the purpose of Seveso, however, moves towards storage of large amounts of CO2 as a greenhouse gas reduction measure has prompted attention towards the hazards. An HSE paper details the case for inclusion as a Seveso hazardous substance.

The danger considered is chiefly of release of large volumes of CO2 from high pressure storage and the toxic effects of the free gas.

The paper can be found here: http://www.hse.gov.uk/seveso/co2-hazardous-substance.pdf