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  Editorial

  Editorial

  Editorial

  Nima Khakzad

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• Revolutionizing Safety and Security in the Chemical and Process Industry: Applying the CHESS concept

  This paper argues that a new concept, summarized as ‘CHESS’, should be used in the chemical industry to further substantially advance safety (where we use the term in a broad sense, that is, safety and  physical security, amongst others). The different domains that need to be focused upon, and where innovative initiatives should be taken are Cluster-thinking and cooperation, High transparency and efficient inspections, Education and training, Security integration, and Safety innovation. Since society has fundamentally changed over the last two decades, and ever more hazardous materials are used in chemical sites which are ever more closely situated next to highly-populated areas, revolutionizing safety via the CHESS concept is truly needed in the very near future, both from a safety and a security point of view.

  This paper argues that a new concept, summarized as ‘CHESS’, should be used in the chemical industry to further substantially advance safety (where we use the term in a broad sense, that is, safety and  physical security, amongst others). The different domains that need to be focused upon, and where innovative initiatives should be taken are Cluster-thinking and cooperation, High transparency and efficient inspections, Education and training, Security integration, and Safety innovation. Since society has fundamentally changed over the last two decades, and ever more hazardous materials are used in chemical sites which are ever more closely situated next to highly-populated areas, revolutionizing safety via the CHESS concept is truly needed in the very near future, both from a safety and a security point of view.

  This paper argues that a new concept, summarized as ‘CHESS’, should be used in the chemical industry to further substantially advance safety (where we use the term in a broad sense, that is, safety and  physical security, amongst others). The different domains that need to be focused...

  Genserik Reniers, Nima Khakzad

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• Vulnerability and Security Risk Assessment of a Thermal Power Plant Using SVA Technique

  The philosophy behind the creation of every organization is bound up with the objectives for each it has been created. There are always factors threatening the continuation of the organization’s activities or even its existence. Some of these factors involve common threats in the security area which should be identified, assessed and controlled through a systematic risk management pattern. In the present study, Security Vulnerability Assessment (SVA) technique and a local version of SVA-Pro software called Joshan-Pro was used to estimate the vulnerability and security risk of a combined cycle power plant. In this Plant, 17 assets were identified and among them, 13 assets with higher priority were entered into Joshan-Pro software for further detailed analysis. Gas oil storage tanks with the vulnerability of 2.33 out of 5 and security risk of 46.60 out of 125 were identified as the most important asset in terms of security and the 230 kV substation with the vulnerability of 0.96 and security risk of 8.64 were labeled as asset with the lowest security risk in the plant. The results showed that Joshan-Pro software, using expert’s opinion, has acceptable capability to determine the security vulnerability of the infrastructures.

  The philosophy behind the creation of every organization is bound up with the objectives for each it has been created. There are always factors threatening the continuation of the organization’s activities or even its existence. Some of these factors involve common threats in the security area which should be identified, assessed and controlled through a systematic risk management pattern. In the present study, Security Vulnerability Assessment (SVA) technique and a local version of SVA-Pro software called Joshan-Pro was used to estimate the vulnerability and security risk of a combined cycle power plant. In this Plant, 17 assets were identified and among them, 13 assets with higher priority were entered into Joshan-Pro software for further detailed analysis. Gas oil storage tanks with the vulnerability of 2.33 out of 5 and security risk of 46.60 out of 125 were identified as the most important asset in terms of security and the 230 kV substation with the vulnerability of 0.96 and...

  The philosophy behind the creation of every organization is bound up with the objectives for each it has been created. There are always factors threatening the continuation of the organization’s activities or even its existence. Some of these factors involve common threats in the security area...

  Abbas Sadeghi, Mousa Jabbari, Ali Alidoosti, Mohsen Rezaeian

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• SAFETY AND SECURITY: WHAT ARE THE PARALLELS, AND WHY RESEARCH IS NEEDED?

  there is no abstract, this is an opinion paper

  there is no abstract, this is an opinion paper

  there is no abstract, this is an opinion paper

  Hans Pasman

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• SAFETY AND SECURITY OF SEVESO SITES: STEPPING TOWARDS RESEARCH SYNERGIES AND AN INTEGRATED FRAMEWORK

  there is no abstract, this is an opinion paper

  there is no abstract, this is an opinion paper

  there is no abstract, this is an opinion paper

  Valerio Cozzani

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