Abstract
The manufacture and processing of chemicals has a long history and for most of its existence the industry has been associated with unpleasant side effects such as smells, fires, and pollution. It is only in recent years that three factors have combined to bring the new aspect of possible catastrophic accidents to public attention. These are:
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○ The significant increase in scale and complexity in the manufacturing processes involved.
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○ The occurrence of a number of major accidents (albeit not the worst conceivable).
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○ The increasing public awareness of risks in the context of other industries, notably nuclear power.
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Cox, R.A., Slater, D.H. (1984). State-of-the-Art of Risk Assessment of Chemical Plants in Europe. In: Waller, R.A., Covello, V.T. (eds) Low-Probability High-Consequence Risk Analysis. Advances in Risk Analysis, vol 2. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1818-8_16
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