Sustainable Risk Reflections Arising from the Bhopal Accident

Sustainable Risk Reflections Arising from the Bhopal Accident 

The example of the well-known Bhopal accident (in 1984) is instructive and is a good lesson [26-28]. Bhopal is located in North Central India. It is a very old town in a picturesque lakeside setting and was a tourist center. It is the capital of Madhya Pradesh and industry was encouraged to go there as part of a policy of bringing 

SEVIN was manufactured from carbon monoxide (CO), monomethylamine (MMA), chlorine (CI2), alpha-naphthol (AN) - the first two imported by truck and the latter two made on site. The process route was as follows  

Active safeguards are those that require human procedures or mechanical initiation to operate (e.g., work permit procedures, scrubber caustic circulation). Passive safeguards are those that do not require any initiation (e.g., concrete fireproofing, elevated vent stack for dispersion). 

Both active and passive safeguards can be defeated through inadequate safety management systems. A safety management system is the most efficient way to 

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