Seveso Directive requires the operator of major-hazard establishments to draw up a Safety Report, which has to be updated after relevant changes and at least every five years. This paper discusses a guideline aiming at the inclusion of the ageing issue in the updated Safety Reports. Such guideline exploits the potential of the short-cut method, adopted by the Italian Competent Authorities for the assessment of the adequacy of ageing management plans, to update the likelihood of top-events by using the calculated overall adequacy index. To adequately manage ageing, regulators should promote the implementation of Risk Based Inspection approach (RBI) even in major-hazard small sites. Risk analysis is a pillar of both the Seveso Directive (i.e. Safety Report) and the RBI approach, in this context, the guideline gives suggestions to avoid inconsistencies and promote synergies between the documents.
Safety Report Updating for Aged Seveso Plants
Milazzo Maria Francesca
2020-01-01
Abstract
Seveso Directive requires the operator of major-hazard establishments to draw up a Safety Report, which has to be updated after relevant changes and at least every five years. This paper discusses a guideline aiming at the inclusion of the ageing issue in the updated Safety Reports. Such guideline exploits the potential of the short-cut method, adopted by the Italian Competent Authorities for the assessment of the adequacy of ageing management plans, to update the likelihood of top-events by using the calculated overall adequacy index. To adequately manage ageing, regulators should promote the implementation of Risk Based Inspection approach (RBI) even in major-hazard small sites. Risk analysis is a pillar of both the Seveso Directive (i.e. Safety Report) and the RBI approach, in this context, the guideline gives suggestions to avoid inconsistencies and promote synergies between the documents.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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