Category: PSAM/ESREL Conference

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Learning across industries – do we really do it?

Inge Alme
Posted on by Inge Alme
Earlier this summer I attended the combined PSAM and ESREL conference in Helsinki, probably the largest and most influential conference for risk and reliability practitioners this year. Key experts from industries like nuclear power, oil and gas, aviation, rail, and process industry, shared their thoughts and new ideas for improvements in the field of risk ... Read more.

No Hassle with HazardLite

Steve Epstein
Posted on by Steve Epstein
Over the last decade, environmental risks have increased, for instance we have seen two major earthquakes reaching some of the highest tectonic levels ever recorded having catastrophic effects on people, the environment and global business. The recent Fukushima incident showed us how these three factors can combine with potentially catastrophic results. The tsunami that affected ... Read more.

Do you know your external events?

Michael Knochenhauer
Posted on by Michael Knochenhauer
The Fukushima nuclear power plant accident in 2011 is a prime example of how an event outside the plant itself can affect its safety. As a consequence of the accident, the safety of all EU nuclear plants will be reviewed with the focus on evaluating the response of nuclear power plants to beyond design basis ... Read more.

RAMS – protecting your future

Anders Olsson
Posted on by Anders Olsson
RAMS (Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety) principles have become an intrinsic process for any owner or operator in a range of industry sectors. In the railway industry the need for a standard for this was identified in the late 1980s, with a standard (EN 50126 Railway applications – The specification and demonstration of Reliability, Availability, ... Read more.

The drive to improve safety

Ola Bäckström
Posted on by Ola Bäckström
We always strive to be better, to improve our methods and to increase the safety of all types of industry operations. But, this is a huge challenge. Today we already have good safety cultures in most industries and the risk of something hazardous happening is small. The types of catastrophic scenarios I am talking about ... Read more.
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