Natech risk management
Guidance for operators of hazardous industrial sites and for national authorities
Natural hazards can trigger the release of hazardous materials when impacting industrial installations. This type of event is called Natech accident. With climate change affecting the intensity and frequency of some natural events, Natech risk has become a topic of concern for disaster risk management at local, national and international levels.
Following a number of important accidents, awareness of Natech risk has increased in the European Union, and the risk has been acknowledged in legal acts on chemical accident prevention. In 2012, an amendment of the EU Seveso Directive on the control of major accident hazards involving dangerous substances explicitly introduced Natech risk as an issue of concern that is required to be addressed.
To date the implementation of effective Natech risk management has been hampered by a general lack of guidance on how to conduct Natech risk assessment. In order to facilitate compliance with the requirements of the Seveso III Directive or similar legislation, this document provides technical guidance on Natech risk management for operators of hazardous installations and national authorities. It outlines the necessary steps in the Natech risk management process and discusses the main challenges that hamper its proper implementation. While emphasising the identification and modeling of specific scenarios for Natech risk assessment, the document also provides solutions for addressing existing gaps in Natech risk assessment and the control of Natech risk.
NECCI Amos;
KRAUSMANN Elisabeth;
2022-06-20
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC129450
978-92-76-53493-8 (online)(ENG),
978-92-76-58595-4 (online)(DUT),
1831-9424 (online),
EUR 31122 EN,
OP KJ-NA-31122-EN-N (online)(ENG),
OP KJ-NA-31-122-NL-N (online)(DUT),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC129450,
10.2760/666413 (online)(ENG),
10.2760/15297 (online)(DUT),
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