Gavin Astin 29 September 2011

Study overview

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About DNV

Independent foundation with around 9,000 employees.

Det Norske Veritas (DNV) was established in 1864 in Norway.

300 office in 100 countries.

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Study Outline

Two study stages:- Part A shall identify all prevention measures and all kinds of mitigation measures that are

existing or achievable at short and medium terms. - Part B will study all prevention measures and mitigation measures based on derailment

detection. - Scope is the EU-27 plus the 3 candidate countries, Norway and Switzerland. USA and

Japan shall be considered in the scope of safety measure identification.

Reminder: • Short term measures-> Applicable from 1st January 2013-> Efficient < 5 years-> Not compromising longer term measures

• Medium term measures-> Applicable, efficient and implemented < 5 years-> Not compromising longer term measures

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About Part A

Task A.1: Identification of existing operation and technical rules.

Task A.2: Description of the markets and technologies covered by the devices/systems in use or which may be used at the short or medium term.

Task A.3: Description of the rules (inc. specific devices/systems used) in generic functional and performance terms.

Task A.4: Advice on innovative measures (long term) which might be considered in a future R&D project.

Part A is therefore to provide a comprehensive list of existing and potentially available measures against freight train derailment as input into Part B...

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About Part A

Task A.1: Existing

derailment risk measures

Task A.2a: For existing technical measures, what

is the market

Task A.3: For ALL measures,

how do they work and perform?

Task A.2b: For potential NEW

technical measures, what

is the market

Task A.4: Future Innovations?

Input to Part B

Input to Research Project

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About Part A

Involves:- Surveys of measures via IMs, RUs, NSAs and other stakeholders.- Survey of technical systems from suppliers.- Internet research for both the above.- Existing project team knowledge.

More detail on this later.

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About Part B

Task B.1: Fault and event trees of freight train derailments, clearly showing the measures identified in Part A.

Task B.2 - Assessment of benefits and drawbacks of existing safety rules, and of new or improved measures at short and medium terms, using data on actual/targeted performance as well as conservative assumptions.

Task B.3 - top ten ranking of potentially efficient new safety measures or improvements at short and medium terms, including practical and legal implementation aspects.

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About Part B

Hazard

Basic causes Intermediate causes

Hazard/ What - if

Fully developed consequences

Developing consequences

Primary controls

Secondary controls

Fault Tree Analysis Event Tree Analysis Mitigation 2 Outcome Yes 1

Mitigation 1 Yes No 2

Yes 3 No

No 4

= Key risk reduction measures

Risk model developed in Part B

Populated with measures identified in Part A

Leading to the identification of those that are most cost-effective

Task A.1: Existing derailment risk

measures

Task A.2a: For existing technical measures, what is

the market

Task A.3: For ALL measures, how do they work and

perform?

Task A.2b: For potential NEW

technical measures, what is the market

Input to Part B

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About Part B

Involves:- Collection of accident data.- Desk work to study accident data to enable risk model to be developed,- Desktop work / consultation to determine where identified risk reduction measures “fit” onto

risk model.

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Summing Up

Part A data collection, no conclusions.

Part B, data analysis and assessment, with suggestion for improvement / further consideration.

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End of Session - Any Questions

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Safeguarding life, property and the environment

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