Security Risk Assessment: In the Chemical and Process Industry

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Fundamental to the security of any plant This book deals with the state-of-the-art of physical security knowledge and research in the chemical and process industries. Legislation differences between Europe and the USA are investigated, followed by an overview of the how, what and why of contemporary security risk assessment in this particular industrial sector. Innovative solutions such as attractiveness calculations and the use of game theory, advancing the present science of adversarial risk analysis, are discussed. The book further stands up for developing and employing dynamic security risk assessments, for instance based on Bayesian networks, and using OR methods to truly move security forward in the chemical and process industries. Explores the fundamental elements of security risk assesment to avoid severe socio-economic impacts in terms of loss of life, adverse economic effects and harm to public confidence Discusses different chemical plants and the optimal risk assessment