- Acrylonitrile, 66–67
- Actinides, 172
- Active safety, –9
- Aerotoxic syndrome, 69–70
- Ammonia, 113–115
- Asphyxiant, 98–99
- Bhopal emission,
- Blind shear ram (BSR), 11–12
- Blowout preventer (BOP), , 10–13
- Boeing 787Dreamliner, 47–50
- Boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion (BLEVE), 140–142
- Boiling water reactor (BWR), 170–174, 180–186, 199–200
- Bokito, 95
- Breath protection, 101, 104, 108–109, 112–119
- Bromine, 30
- Bursting disk, see
Explosion panel
- Bus accidents, 62–64, 79
- Caprolactam,
- Carbamate pesticides,
- Carbon dioxide, 29, 36, 44, 113
- Carbon monoxide, 18, 34–35, 99–104, 109–110
- Car refrigerants, 44. See also
Refrigerants
- Catalyst, 125–131
- CFC, 35–36
- Challenger space shuttle, 84–86
- Chemie‐Pack, 56–59
- Chlorine, 20, 30
- Coal gas, 34–35
- Cocoa fires, 28–29
- Columbia space shuttle, 86–87
- Comet airplane accidents, 22–25
- Concorde, 81–84
- Contact dryer, 136–139
- Cr(VI), 130
- Crash absorber, 156–158
- Crossing barriers, 64–66
- Dairy cattle, 75, 112–119
- Davy safety lamp, 14–15
- Deepwater Horizon, 10–13
- Deflagration,
- Deltaplan, 33–34
- Detonation, , 136–139
- Dioxin, , 36
- Doppler effect, 190–193
- Double hull, 21
- Dual Bloc wheel, 45–47
- Earthquakes
- at Huizinge, 55
- induced, 54
- natural, 53–54
- Richter's Scale, 54–56
- tectonic, 53–54
- Emergency power units, –10
- Eschede, 45–47. See also
Train accidents
- Explosion panels, , 14–15
- Extrinsic process safeguarding, , –8, 124
- Exxon Valdez oil spill, 21
- Flame retardants, 29–30, 111
- Flashing inflammable liquid, , 141–142
- Flixborough accident, –3
- Formula One races, , 13–14
- Fukushima, 180–186
- Furnace, 131–134
- Gotthard road tunnel accident, 18
- Greenhouse gas, 36
- Gulf Oil explosion, 10–13
- Head And Neck Support (HANS), 13
- Heavy water, 169–170
- Helium, 26, 186–188, 194–196, 198
- HFC, 35–36
- High‐temperature gas‐cooled reactor (HTGR), 186–200
- Hindenburg, 26
- Hydrofoil, 50–52
- Hydrogen, 26, 168–170, 175, 183–184, 189
- Hydrogen cyanide, 112–119
- Hydrogen sulphide, 112–119
- Inflatable castle, 73–74
- Inherently safer design, –2
- Insulation materials, 59–60
- Intermediate bulk container (IBC), 59
- Intrinsic continuous process safeguarding, –2, , –8, 124
- Inundation, 32–34
- Isolation condenser (IC), 182–183
- Isotope, 169
- Lengede, 91–92
- Light truck with trailer, 42–43
- Light water, 169–170, 189
- Light water reactor (LWR), 170–174, 189, 199–200
- Liquid petroleum gas (LPG), 143–145, 147–149, 153–154
- Lithium ion battery, 47–50
- Longitudinal crack, 149–151
- Los Alfaques, 151–153
- Loss of coolant accident (LOCA), 189, 192, 200
- Melamine, 131–132
- Methyl isocyanate (MIC),
- Mexico City, 143–147
- Milking machine, 75
- Moderation, 171, 175
- Moderator, 187, 189, 193
- Monobloc wheel, 45
- Monochloroacetic acid (MCA), 20
- Moon bounce, see
Inflatable castle
- Organic peroxides,
- Ozone, 35–36
- Passive safety, –8
- Pebble bed reactor (PBR), 168, 186–187, 190–196, 198–200
- Periodic Table of Elements, 168
- Phosphine, 109–110
- Phosphorus, 104–111
-
Pitot probes, 87–89
- Polystyrene, 59–60
- Polyurethane foam, 111–112
- Pressurized water reactor (PWR), 170–174, 175–180, 199–200
- Prestige oil spill, 21–22
- Primary containment vessel (PCV), 181, 183–184
- Prismatic block reactor, 168, 186–187, 196–200
- Procedural safety, –8
- Propylene, 141–142, 151–153
- Refrigerants, 35–36. See also
Car refrigerants
- Remotely operated vehicle (ROV),11
- Road transport, 17–18
- Roissy Airport, 92–95
- Roll‐on Roll‐off carrier, 68–69
- Runaway reaction, 122, 125–126
- Salt, 27–28
- Seveso emission, –4
- Sierre tunnel accident, 78–79
- Slurry, 112–119
- Sprinkler, 27, 111
- Street motor races, 36–37
- Styrene monomer propene oxide (SMPO), 125–131
- Suppression chamber (SC), 171, 174
- Thermphos, 104–111
- Thorium, 170, 186, 192–193, 196–198
- Three Mile Island (TMI), 175–180
- Titanic, 20
- Town gas, 34–35
- Train accidents, 19–20, 45–47, 64–68, 80, 153–160
- 2,4,5‐Trichlorophenol (TCP),
- Trickle‐bed reactor, 126–127
- Tricresyl phosphate (TCP), 69–70
- Tsunami, 180–182, 185
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