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Displaying 15 of about 40 resultsBy Jack L. Rozdilsky, Associate Professor of Disaster and Emergency Management, York University, Canada
On Sunday at 7:23 a.m., residents of the Greater Toronto Area were abruptly awakened by an alert issued by Ontario’s Emergency Alert Ready System stating: “An incident was reported at the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station. There has…
By Isabella Caltabiano
Bangladesh will have to adapt to its changing climate as the threat of severe damage to the nuclear power plant increases potentially devastating millions.
Bangladesh has experienced intense flooding covering at least a quarter of the country as it goes through monsoon season. NASA has released a map showing…
John Pardue, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State University
Hurricane Laura plowed through the heart of Louisiana’s oil and chemical industries as a powerful Category 4 storm, leaving a chlorine plant on fire and the potential for more hazardous damage in its wake.
The burning BioLab facility sent dark smoke and…
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Following the disastrous explosion that hit the city of Beirut on 4 August 2020, causing more than 200 deaths and immense destruction in the urban, social and cultural fabric of the city, the Institutes in charge of cultural heritage – CH safeguarding have activated a prompt response, also at international level. In this context of internati…
Suva –Local wisdom, ownership and leadership are critical factors for effective humanitarian action in support of communities exposed and vulnerable to climate and disaster risk. Preparedness and response planning need to be more collaborative and inclusive, the Pacific Resilience Partnership (PRP) ’s webinar on ‘Local Humanitarian Action for a Res…
A new EU-funded project aims to improve confidence in nuclear safety by advancing the approach to seismic safety assessments for nuclear power plants. The 'methods and tools innovations for seismic risk assessment' (METIS) Horizon 2020 project is being led by France's EDF Group.
The METIS project was officially launched after a virtual kick off meeting…
The eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to UNECE’s Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents (Industrial Accidents Convention), drawing to a close today, took place from 7-9 December 2020 – for the first time, in a hybrid form, in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. Parties adopted operating procedures to guide their remot…
By Caitlin Werrell and Francesco Femia
Washington, DC – Today, the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) released important new policy recommendations: “Confronting Systemic Security Risks: Proposals for the Next U.S. Administration.” The briefer offers policy ideas for consideration by the national security leaders of the next Presidential Administration,…
This map illustrates satellite-detected potential floating oil at the surface of the Grand Port Bay, the Republic of Mauritius as observed from TerraSAR-X imagery acquired on 15 August 2020. Following the incident of a bulk carrier 2 km east of Pointe d'Esny, at least 10 km2 of floating oil is potentially detected within the analyzed area of about 87 km…
While disasters occur relatively frequently almost none are of a scale as serious or complex as the triple disaster that devastated coastal regions of Tohoku, Japan. How can a region recover from a disaster as horrific as that triggered by the earthquake, tsunami and radioactive contamination linked to the explosions and reactor meltdowns at the Fukushi…
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused wide-ranging effects on human health, security and economic activity, which have significantly impacted industrial safety.
The eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to UNECE’s Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents (Industrial Accidents Convention) will gather over 100 representative…
For many countries, mining is an important industry in terms of economic and social development. Mining activities however generate hazardous waste that is commonly stored in ponds or tailings, often referred to as tailings management facilities (TMFs). Failures at TMFs have regularly led to environmental catastrophes with devastating effects on human…
By Jacob Carter
Hurricane Laura is now predicted to make landfall as a catastrophic Category 4 sometime between Wednesday night or early Thursday morning. The storm is set to hit western Louisiana and the upper portion of Texas’s coast with destructive winds over 120 mph and an expected storm surge of 15-20 feet, which the National Hurricane…
Climate hazards are likely to worsen for nuclear power plant operators over the next two decades, with severity varying by region. Ultimate credit impact depends on the ability of plant operators to invest in mitigating measures to manage risks.
Over the next 10 to 20 years, nuclear operators will face growing credit risks associated with climate chang…
By Ashley Bantelman
EPRIMS, an interactive, web-based tool which enables users to self-assess their emergency preparedness and response (EPR) arrangements for nuclear and radiological emergencies, was the topic of two IAEA training courses conducted recently for experts from Asia and the Pacific.
The training courses, delivered through the IAEA’s tech…