Seveso Disaster and the European Seveso Directives

Nerín, Cristina; Seco, B.; Tena, Ángel Luis de Val; Calvo, M.

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“…In July 1976, an industrial accident near the town of Seveso in northern Italy led to environmental pollution with dioxin, which killed over 2000 animals and led to about 35,000 people affected, 5,000 people evacuated, and 200 chloracne cases among local residents in seven communities (Bertazzi et al 1998;Pesatori et al 2003;Nerin et al 2014). A vapor cloud from an exothermic reaction led to high exposure to tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin.…”

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Spatial Industrial Accident Exposure and Social Vulnerability Assessment of Hazardous Material Sites, Chemical Parks, and Nuclear Power Plants in Germany

Fekete

Neuner

2023

Int J Disaster Risk Sci

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Industrial accidents have shown that many people can be affected, such as in Seveso, Italy, in 1976. Industrial accidents in nuclear power plants have also led to fatalities and evacuations. To better guide preparedness against and mitigation of industrial accidents, an assessment is necessary to evaluate hazard exposure and the type of potentially vulnerable social groups that need to be taken into account. This study conducted a spatial assessment of three types of industrial facilities in Germany: facilities registered under the Seveso Directive, chemical parks, and nuclear power plants. The method consisted of a spatial assessment using a Geographic Information System of exposure around hazardous sites registered under the Seveso Directive in Germany and of census data to analyze social vulnerability. Hazards analyzed included industrial accidents and earthquakes. The results revealed that most industrial sites are in urban areas and that population density, the numbers of foreigners, and smaller housing unit sizes are higher in close proximity to these sites. The buffer zones analyzed in circles between 1 and 40 km show a decreasing vulnerability with more distance. This can guide emergency management planners and other stakeholders to better prepare for major accidents and better devise disaster risk reduction strategies specifically for different social groups.

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Spatial Industrial Accident Exposure and Social Vulnerability Assessment of Hazardous Material Sites, Chemical Parks, and Nuclear Power Plants in Germany

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Neuner

2023

Int J Disaster Risk Sci

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“…The release of large quantities of dioxin into the air at the time caused an environmental disaster in the area adjacent to the site. In particular, animals suffered as a result of this major industrial accident, dying en masse after coming into contact with the poisonous substance [1,2]. The measures taken by the European The operation of the upper-tier establishments, which are prone to a major accident hazard, poses a real threat to the public in terms of health and potential environmental pollution.…”

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Public Safety and Information Obligations for Upper-Tier Establishments

OSYRA

2023

Quality Production Improvement and System Safety

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Abstract. The operation of the upper-tier establishments, which are prone to a major accident hazard, poses a real threat to the public in terms of health and potential environmental pollution. Therefore, the norms of EU directives seek to introduce as much transparency as possible to the operation of upper-tier establishments. The purpose of this article is to give an overview of the rules concerning the issue of information provision by the establishment to both the public and the relevant state and EU authorities. The following part of the article will provide a brief analysis of how the posting of public information on the websites of the upper-tier establishments looks like in practice.

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2024

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

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Seveso Disaster and the European Seveso Directives

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Spatial Industrial Accident Exposure and Social Vulnerability Assessment of Hazardous Material Sites, Chemical Parks, and Nuclear Power Plants in Germany

Spatial Industrial Accident Exposure and Social Vulnerability Assessment of Hazardous Material Sites, Chemical Parks, and Nuclear Power Plants in Germany

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