Index

  • Acrylonitrile, 66–67
  • Actinides, 172
  • Active safety, 7–9
  • Aerotoxic syndrome, 69–70
  • Ammonia, 113–115
  • Asphyxiant, 98–99
  • Bhopal emission, 5
  • Blind shear ram (BSR), 11–12
  • Blowout preventer (BOP), 7, 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
  • 1,3‐Butadiene, 154, 158–159
  • Caprolactam, 2
  • Carbamate pesticides, 5
  • 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, 2
  • Deltaplan, 33–34
  • Detonation, 3, 136–139
  • Dioxin, 4, 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, 7–10
  • Eschede, 45–47. See also Train accidents
  • Explosion panels, 7, 14–15
  • Extrinsic process safeguarding, 2, 7–8, 124
  • Exxon Valdez oil spill, 21
  • “First Entry”, 103
  • Flame retardants, 29–30, 111
  • Flashing inflammable liquid, 3, 141–142
  • Flixborough accident, 2–3
  • Formula One races, 7, 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, 1–2
  • Insulation materials, 59–60
  • Intermediate bulk container (IBC), 59
  • Intrinsic continuous process safeguarding, 1–2, 5, 7–8, 124
  • Inundation, 32–34
  • Isolation condenser (IC), 182–183
  • Isotope, 169
  • Kaprun, 79–80
  • 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
  • Natural gas, 34–35, 40–42, 52–56, 160–165
  • Organic peroxides, 2
  • Ozone, 35–36
  • Passive safety, 7–8
  • 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, 7–8
  • 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, 3–4
  • 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), 4
  • Trickle‐bed reactor, 126–127
  • Tricresyl phosphate (TCP), 69–70
  • Tsunami, 180–182, 185
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