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Risk of Vessel Accidents and Spills in the Aleutian Islands:

Designing a Comprehensive Risk Assessment - Special Report 293

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Size: 226 pages, 8 1/2 x 11

Publication Year:2009

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Risk of Vessel Accidents and Spills in the Aleutian Islands

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Committee for Risk of Vessel Accidents and Spills in the Aleutian Islands: A Study to Design a Comprehensive Risk Assessment
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TRB Special Report 293, Risk of Vessel Accidents and Spills in the Aleutian Islands: Designing a Comprehensive Risk Assessment, provides guidance for a comprehensive risk assessment of vessel accidents and spills in the Aleutian Islands. The report examines data related ...
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Front Matter	i-xx
Summary	1-18	(skim)
1 Introduction	19-27	(skim)
2 Fundamentals of Risk Assessment	28-56	(skim)
3 The Aleutian Islands: Framing the Issues	57-72	(skim)
4 Vessel Traffi c, Accidents, and Spills in the Aleutians	73-95	(skim)
5 Organization of the Aleutian Islands Risk Assessment	96-109	(skim)
6 Technical Approach to the Aleutian IslandsRisk Assessment	110-141	(skim)
7 Conclusions and Recommendations	142-150	(skim)
A Potential Risk Reduction Options	151-154	(skim)
B Selendang Ayu Plea Agreement	155-181	(skim)
C Expert Judgment	182-188	(skim)
D Human Reliability Analysis	189-193	(skim)
E Uncertainty, Sensitivity, and Bayesian Methods	194-198	(skim)
F Event Sequence Diagram Method and Risk ScenarioDevelopment	199-202	(skim)
G Sample List of Salvage Incidents near Dutch Harbor	203-204	(skim)
H Summary Incident and Casualty Data from U.S. CoastGuard's Marine Safety Management System,1991–2000, and Marine Information Safety and LawEnforcement System, January 2000–March 2003	205-215	(skim)
I Resource Dependency and Community Vulnerability	216-220	(skim)
Study Committee Biographical Information	221-226	(skim)

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TRB Special Report 293, Risk of Vessel Accidents and Spills in the Aleutian Islands: Designing a Comprehensive Risk Assessment, provides guidance for a comprehensive risk assessment of vessel accidents and spills in the Aleutian Islands. The report examines data related to the risk of oil, chemical, and other hazardous cargo spills from vessel traffic through the Aleutian Islands and identifies key information needed to conduct a comprehensive risk assessment.

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