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Another part of the debate concern a more philosophical approach, it discusses if passive use values or existence values should be included in economic analysis. The more traditional view emphasizes the necessity for a good to be physical or at least observable in order to get utility from buying it. In the non-use values, consumers get utility from a good without utilizing it physically. According to Diamond and Hausman [26], the CV method should not be used in CBA or damage assessment. They argue that WTP estimates from the CV method are not measurements of... 

Comparison of several techniques (namely Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), simultaneous thermogravimetric analysis-differential scanning calorimetry (TGA-DSC) and ultrasonic spectroscopy) for assessing the residual physical and mechanical characteristics of polymer matrix composites (PMCs) exposed to excessive thermal loads showed the measured power spectra of ultrasonic energy to correlate with performance of graphite fibre epoxy matrix composites exposed to thermal degradation, and also that analyses with the three techniques all pointed to the same critical temperature at which thermally induced damage increased sharply [58],... 

Topics Include methods lor calculating damage resulting from the physical effects of accidental releases, using risk assessment Information to specify safety control systems, fault tree analysis, hazards of trace substances, warehouse fires, human exposure to process systems, and solutions to human factor problems. 

A job hazard analysis is a job design review that is to assess the physical hazards and the task performance hazards, taking into consideration the capabilities and limitations of people, and their possible quirky behavior. For work hazards that are not to be eliminated or controlled through a redesign initiative, obviously, the appropriate administrative practices would be applied. In so doing, the procedures employed should keep the risks of employee injury or illness or environmental damage at an acceptable minimum. 

This paper presents a sununaiy of evaluations made by the Babcock Wilcox Company (B W) in support of its customers. General Public Utilities. (GPU), to assess the potential for reciiticality of the damaged Three Mile Island Unit 2 Reactor (TMI-2) core and to provide a basis for recommendations to prevent die occurrence, of such an event. The TMI-2 incident occurred on March 28, 1979 on March 31, B W formed a Criticality Analysis Task Force composed of penoniiel from the Company s reactor physics unit and their nuclear criticality safety unit. The Task Force at maximum strength utiliaed ten individuals and completed all pertinent evaluations in two weeks advisory activity continued for several months. 

The output from a consequence analysis will be an indicative assessment of the likely mortality and physical damage arising from the postulated accident. There... 

Flash and evaporadon Dispersion Neutral or posidvely buoyant gas Dense gas Fires Pool fires Jet fires BLEVES Flash fires Explosions Confined eiqilosions Unconfined vapor cloud explosions (UVCE) Physical explosions (PV) Dust explosions Deionadons Condensed phase detonadons Missiles Consequences Effect analysis Toxic effects Thermal effects Overpressure effects Damage assessments Community Workforce Environment Company assets... 

Nowadays, there is an increasing interest in system protection against intentional threats of physical nature [8,19]. On those regards, model-based vulnerability assessment is a crucial phase in the risk analysis of critical infrastructures. In fact, typical risk models include the computation of three logically sequential factors probability or frequency of threats (P) probability that threats are successful in their intent (i.e., vulnerability, V) consequences of successful threats (i.e., expected damage, D). Therefore, in order to evaluate infrastructure risks (R), it is essential to be able to compute the vulnerability of the system with respect to the threats [11]. One of the most widespread and intuitive model for the evaluation of the risk is [21] R = P V D. This model is based on a quantitative notion of vulnerability, different from other definitions also commonly used,... 

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