A comparison of US and European methods for accident scenario identification, selection, and quantification

Integration of accident scenario generation and multiobjective optimization for safety-cost decision making in chemical processes

“…The accident scenario approach is widely used in safety analysis and emergency planning as a top event (Cadwallader, Djerassi, Lampin, & Rouillard, 1990;CCPS, 1992;Jenkins, 2000). Methods used to identify credible accident scenarios vary from informal techniques to formal process safety analyses.…”