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21 January 2005 - New Research Report by
HSE on Major Accident Hazard Modelling
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RR297 - A National Population Database for Major Accident
Hazard Modelling.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE), requiring a more
sophisticated approach of collating and monitoring not only individual risks,
but mainly population data for major accident hazards in relation to
installations and pipelines defined under EU and domestic legislation, have now
produced a new report.
Staffordshire University undertook 2 previous projects,
evaluating reasonable cost and national level application of such a database.
This third final stage of the project includes data from communal areas such as
schools, hospitals, workplaces, retail, transport and leisure land, where some
of the aims were as follows:
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refine the method and process for deriving a national population
database for major accident hazard modelling to take account of newly available
datasets.
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develop and apply generic population multipliers to be attached
to buildings, transport differentiation between population levels at different
times of the day and between populations of different sensitivities.
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produce a database for estimated populations associated with
buildings, transport routes and land uses across England, Scotland and Wales.
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develop a user interface to enable simple use of and interaction
with the database by personnel within the HSE.
The final database is very flexible with user-friendly
interface, providing the HSE and Government bodies and departments with many
different potential uses.
The full report can be accessed by clicking the following:
RR297 - A National Population Database for Major Accident Hazard Modelling
Article by Alexandra Johnston
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