PLAPIQUI   05457
PLANTA PILOTO DE INGENIERIA QUIMICA
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Technological Risk Planning as Part of Environmental Managment
Autor/es:
L.V. APARICIO; S. M. TONELLI
Revista:
LATIN AMERICAN APPLIED RESEARCH
Referencias:
Año: 2006 vol. 36 p. 295 - 300
ISSN:
0327-0793
Resumen:
Although
industries operate under safe conditions, an industrial accident may occur,
threatening human life, property or environment.
In
the context of environmental management, the importance of taking into account
the risk of major technological accidents is concerned not only with the
definition of the extent of it consequences but with the measures taken to
mitigate unwanted impacts.
With
regard to these objectives, the consequence analysis performed in Bahía Blanca
industrial area are shown. Bahía Blanca is a middle-size populated town with
one of the most important Argentinean petrochemical sites, where dangerous
goods are processed, transported and stored. In particular, this work presents
the results of evaluating the effects of about 200 possible accidental
scenarios involving toxic
and flammable substances releases. Hazard areas defined by means of this
analysis have been employed to improve the local emergency plan. Finally, an
easily understandable document was elaborated in order to achieve the effective
risk communication to the local
community.