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Wednesday, 13 January 2010 09:27 |
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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) pays high attention to security and safety at its planned nuclear facilities and will try to prevent any emergency and crisis, the official news agency WAM reported Tuesday, citing an official.
As more and more countries push forwards with nuclear facilities, designers and suppliers are set for rich rewards. The old order is again being challenged by Asian powerhouse engineering exporters such as South Korea. With 1,400 new nuclear plants forecast to be built by the year 2050 there is significant market potential.
Nuclear power provides a "nominally" clean source, but the real potential for catastrophic danger is in the operation, maintenance and design.
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Tuesday, 22 December 2009 14:56 |
 Besides learning from your own on-the-job experience, one of the best ways to discover how to safely manage emergency incidents is to learn from the experience of others. In this way, you can determine what worked, what didn’t, and what steps to take when faced with similar circumstances. This type of learning is critical when dealing with incidents that involve hazardous materials because many of them are unique and may occur only once in your entire career. Remembering what someone else did years earlier, whether in your department or elsewhere, could offer valuable clues on what you should do and, more importantly, not do!
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 22 December 2009 08:01 |
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Tuesday, 22 December 2009 10:42 |
 Poor repairs to a generating unit contributed to the August tragedy at a Siberian hydropower plant, lawmakers said on Monday, citing a parliamentary commission's findings.
The August 17 disaster at the Sayano-Shushenskaya plant on Siberia's Yenisei River killed 75 people and destroyed a turbine hall. The accident also destroyed three hydropower units and damaged the other seven.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 22 December 2009 07:45 |
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Friday, 18 December 2009 11:12 |
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The agency, which recently revealed the list at the National Safety Council's Congress & Expo in Orlando, Fla., said the number of top 10 violations has increased nearly 30 percent over the same period in 2008.
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Friday, 18 December 2009 09:08 |
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An initiative being piloted in Lanarkshire which sees firefighters taking to the streets on bikes in a bid to spread their fire safety message is claimed to be a success.
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