ALARP and Timeframe 2009
Building on a series of successful and informative ALARP seminars, the Society are holding a seminar focusing on ALARP and Timeframe on the 15th September 2009 at RINA in central London.
The concept of ensuring that risks are As Low As Reasonably Practicable (ALARP) underpins health and safety law within the UK. In particular the ALARP concept is a requirement of regulation in high hazard industry sectors. It requires duty holders to demonstrate an understanding of risk, identify risk control mechanisms and drives risk reduction. However for dynamic projects, risk optimisation can be constrained by resources, timescales and budgets. This workshop will bring together practitioners from a number of industry sectors to share common problems and discuss a range of solutions.
Programme for the workshop
9.30 Registration and coffee
10.00 Andrew Buchan, Sellafield Ltd
Introduction
10.40 Andrew Rushton, RWE NPower
ALARP for all seasons
- Is it OK to smooth out 'spiky' risks over a period [often presumed to be a year]"
- "If it is not (or if sometimes not) then what?"
This presentation will focus on these key points.
11.30 Coffee
12.00 Workshop Session
13.00 Lunch
14.00 Mr Andrew Buchan, Sellafield Ltd and Dr Ian Sadler RPS Risk Management
Demonstration of ALARP within a Holistic Safety Case
Nuclear licensees are accustomed to the requirement for production of
nuclear safety cases. However, many nuclear plants have a complex range of
hazards and risks, often extending beyond the strict confines of nuclear
safety, for which achieving the right balance of risk control measures is
crucial. Moreover, the decommissioning of nuclear facilities, while
accompanying a reduction in the overall level of hazard, tends to require
consideration of a wider variety of risks. The complex and dissimilar
nature of many of these hazards and risks presents a serious challenge in
reaching an outcome, where overall risks are demonstrably ALARP (as low as
reasonably practicable) within the constraints of other duties, for example
those relating to industrial safety, environment or security. Even
different types of radiological risks and hazards can be hard to compare,
for example balancing reduction in long-term hazard to the public by a
decommissioning operation that exposes workers to short-term risks.
Clearly, a holistic approach is required, in which the full range of
hazards and risks of a nuclear plant are objectively assessed and balanced
within a single self-consistent safety case. Successful application of a
holistic approach will ensure that risk-reduction measures adopted to
address one hazard do not disproportionately increase risks arising from
other hazards, or compromise the associated risk control measures.
14.40 George Bearfield, Rail Safety and Standards Board
“Taking Safe Decisions” - how Britain’s railways take decisions that affect safety
“Almost every policy, investment or operational decision taken by the GB railway industry has an impact on safety. It is therefore vital that safety considerations are embedded effectively into the decision-taking process.”
RSSB has recently published “Taking Safe Decisions” on behalf of the railway industry. The document describes the principles that those within the railway industry apply when taking decisions, and how they interpret their legal duties with respect to safety.
A key distinction that the principles make is between decisions taken through choice for commercial reasons and those that are legally mandated. We distinguish between these reasons for taking a decision as they have implications for how the impact of that decision is subsequently managed and perceived.
The presentation will highlight the key clarifications made by “Taking Safe Decisions” and discuss the practical impact of the guidance on the industry.
George is a Chartered Engineer and Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology. After a period as safety consultant at ERA Technology and Atkins Rail involved in system safety assessment and analysis, he became Programme Manager of the Safety Decisions Programme at RSSB responsible for the development of the industry publication “Taking Safe Decisions” which is the subject of this workshop. He has recently taken on the role of Risk Assessment Manager within RSSB, responsible, amongst other things, for the delivery of the Safety Risk Model (SRM) to the industry.
15.20 Coffee
15.40 Workshop Session
16.30 Panel discussion and summing up
17.00 Close
The presenters at this seminar approach the material from a cross-industy background, including rail, HSE and nuclear. The format of the day will be three presentations interspersed by workshop breakout session where delegates will have an opportunity to discuss experiences and share knowledge.
Delegate Rates:
| Delegate Type | Delegate Rate £ |
VAT |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|
Standard rate (includes 1 year membership of the Society at Associate grade) |
170.00 |
25.50 |
195.50 |
Member of SARS |
100.00 |
15.00 |
115.00 |
Affiliate Employee or academic |
100.00 |
15.00 |
115.00 |
Member and Affiliate Employee |
90.00 |
13.50 |
103.50 |
Student member of SARS |
60.00 |
9.00 |
69.00 |
Retired member of SARS |
60.00 |
9.00 |
69.00 |
The seminar is open to members of the Society and non-members. The standard fee for non-members includes a year membership of the Society at 'Associate' level.
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