Abstract
The purpose of research is to develop elements of an integrated security system for zone of dangerous goods by federal railway transport with the possibility to employ them on international scale and in other modes of transport. Improving the concept of dangerous zone during transportation of dangerous goods stands in as the first-priority work stage of the development process. Solving the main tasks of the research was based on such proven and fruitful theoretical and experimental methods as computer modelling, comparative typology and circular expert estimations, statistical analysis, probability theory, theory of similarity, and others. The most meaningful results of the development are both of theoretical and practical importance. The theoretical result consists in development of a new approach to the concept of dangerous zone during transportation of dangerous goods by rail. The practical result involves development of proposals for improvement of the Railway Transport System of Emergency Prevention and Response; introduction of amendments into the Safety Rules for Response to Emergencies related to Dangerous Goods during Their Transportation by Rail; emergency cards for dangerous goods and a number of other technical guidance documents. Processing of the experimental data has established that the expected effectiveness of the development is 7.5–10%
Highlights
The transportation of dangerous goods has been and remains the most important component that determines the operating conditions of the manufacturing, extractive, defensive and other, virtually all, sectors of any economically developed country of the world
One of the transportation danger criteria is a packaging group referred to as packaging group I for such dangerous goods. In our opinion, such goods should be fully classified in a mandatory order with subsequent inclusion into respective databases and registers of hazardous substances including the UN dangerous goods (UNDG) under a specific name with assignment of a unique number
It has been established that emergency cards for a number of hazardous goods selections are absent, which creates a high-level threat of related emergencies in implementation of actual transportation by rail
Summary
The transportation of dangerous goods has been and remains the most important component that determines the operating conditions of the manufacturing, extractive, defensive and other, virtually all, sectors of any economically developed country of the world. Depending on the infrastructure transportation development, the share of each mode of transport in a country is different. Analysis of statistical data demonstrates that transportation of dangerous goods by all modes of transport does not ensure an adequate level of risk. Its basic levels are: 1) UN specialized agencies (UN ECOSOC), 2) international transport organizations, 3) national governments, 4) specialized associations, ministries and agencies, and 5) economic entities in transportation area. The topicality of research is dictated by the necessity of further improving the methods for protection and damage prevention, reduction in social and economic costs and environmental damage, which is only possible with regard to the interaction between the above elements
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