Transport risk readiness

Ammonium nitrate has other important applications about 25% of the manufactured output is used directly in explosives, but its ready accessibility makes it a target for misuse, e.g. in the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995. The potentially explosive nature of [NH4][N03] also makes it a high-risk chemical for transportation. 

Infrastructures Readiness Response Restoration Retrofitting Risk reduction Seismic risk assessment Transportation networks Utilities... 

Risk analysis is the process in which risks are examined at various degrees of detail to determine the extent of the risks, how risk elements are related to each other, and which ones are the most important to deal with. This may not necessarily involve any consideration of the significance of the estimated risks (DNV 1996). The main stages of the risk analysis are (1) preparations for analysis, (2) risk analysis process and (3) conclusions and recommendations. These main stages consist of a number of steps and sub-steps or tasks, which are identified and further developed for ready application in the risk analysis of the maritime transport of PDG based on combination of the literature study (DETRA 1999 DNV 1995 HSE 1991, 1999, 2001 lEC 1995 IMO 1997, 2004, 2006 ISO 1999 OECD 2000, 2001 USCG 2001 Weigkricht and Fedra 1993) and the author s research experiences (Mullai and Paulsson 2002 Mullai 2004, 2006, 2007). 

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