TY - JOUR
T1 - The impact of nature on chemical industrial facilities
T2 - Dealing with challenges for creating resilient chemical industrial parks
AU - Reniers, Genserik
AU - Khakzad, Nima
AU - Cozzani, Valerio
AU - Khan, Faisal
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - In this paper, a conceptual framework is developed to improve NaTech safety in the chemical industry. The concept is called EPIC, indicating that emphasis should be put on Education, learning and training, Proactive risk minimization and safety innovation, Intensified informed inspection and analysis, and Cooperation and transparency. Concrete initiatives addressing NaTech for every domain of the EPIC conceptual framework are given. The innovativeness of the EPIC framework resides in the potential of the simultaneous application of initiatives within the four areas of improvement (E, P, I, and C) to make chemical clusters much more resilient with respect to nature-related disasters. As such, the proposed EPIC framework may lead to a much-needed revolution of NaTech safety in the chemical industry.
AB - In this paper, a conceptual framework is developed to improve NaTech safety in the chemical industry. The concept is called EPIC, indicating that emphasis should be put on Education, learning and training, Proactive risk minimization and safety innovation, Intensified informed inspection and analysis, and Cooperation and transparency. Concrete initiatives addressing NaTech for every domain of the EPIC conceptual framework are given. The innovativeness of the EPIC framework resides in the potential of the simultaneous application of initiatives within the four areas of improvement (E, P, I, and C) to make chemical clusters much more resilient with respect to nature-related disasters. As such, the proposed EPIC framework may lead to a much-needed revolution of NaTech safety in the chemical industry.
KW - Chemical clusters
KW - Chemical industrial facility
KW - NaTech safety
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85054231298&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jlp.2018.09.010
DO - 10.1016/j.jlp.2018.09.010
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85054231298
SN - 0950-4230
VL - 56
SP - 378
EP - 385
JO - Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries
JF - Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries
ER -