Abstract
The paper describes the National Institute for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Protection involvements with regards to the development of methods and procedures related to Safety Engineering. It provides general information about the Institute's activities, history, presence and objectives for the near future to illustrate its role, tasks and responsibilities. The Institute's added values that consist in its share to the reduction of safety risks and incident consequences are presented and discussed in details.
Highlights
The main objective of the National Institute for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Protection is to contribute to the protection of people and the environment against hazard under specific conditions, in which chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear (CBRN) substances and explosives are involved
Safety Engineering, according to various definitions in the literature, refers to any act of accident prevention with an obvious goal to increase the safety of operations, processes, systems, etc
It is a common routine of the authors dealing with the problem of the protection against CBRN substances to stress their potential abuse or to quote facts of their releases/spills in the past – either as a result of industrial or natural disasters
Summary
The main objective of the National Institute for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Protection is to contribute to the protection of people and the environment against hazard under specific conditions, in which chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear (CBRN) substances and explosives are involved. Safety Engineering, according to various definitions in the literature, refers to any act of accident prevention with an obvious goal to increase the safety of operations, processes, systems, etc. Within this meaning, the Institute research activities concentrate on the methods and procedures closely related to this field of engineering. It is evident that human activity will always unavoidably involve risks to safety. If all risks cannot be fully eliminated it should be interpreted that fewer fatalities, injuries and less damage occur to the property and the environment in case of an incident
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