The remarkable story of Air Transat flight 236, which glided 121km to land in the Azores after running out of fuel over the Atlantic, following a complicated sequence of engine maintenance errors and imperfect pilot understanding of the situation.
admiralcloudberg.medium.com/crisis-over-th…
The US nuclear regulator will certify the first small modular reactor (SMR) design, from NuScale. SMR reactors offer some hope of power plants that are quicker to build and with lower financial risk than historical designs.
nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc…
A proposed “three lines of defence” approach to the management of extreme risks, from Oxford University's Future of Humanity institute. Interesting discussion of how to manage existential (for humanity) risks.
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New cyberattack tools targeting industrial control systems, in particular US energy sector assets, discovered. Possible links to Russian state.
theguardian.com/us-news/2022/a…
What are the characteristics and advantages of a “4th generation” nuclear reactor? These new designs allow more effective use of uranium fuel, alongside other improvements.
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Russia's war on Ukraine has led to increased interest in small modular nuclear reactors, which have a number of inherent safety advantages over traditional large reactor designs
economist.com/science-and-te…
Upcoming Mercedes semi-autonomous driver assistance mechanism for highway use (level 3 certified) will assume liability for accidents, a significant shift of responsibility for safety to designer-manufacturers.
roadandtrack.com/news/a39481699…
On the somewhat relative resilience of fiber optic communications: the race to reconnect Tonga to the internet after the recent volcanic eruption
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We will be participating in a webinar on Feb. 8th concerning the IQOXE ethylene oxide accident in Tarragona 2 years ago. What are the obstacles to effective sharing of safety-relevant information on process accidents?
seamonline.insa-toulouse.fr/mod/page/view.…
A reminder that safety is a social construct, rather than a fully objective situation, and is sometimes abused to forward the agenda of authoritarian politicians or employers
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Did you know that the probable etymology of the term “risk” derives from Persian rozik (daily sustenance), through Arabic rizq (sustenance that Allah provides for all of creation), and Latin resicum (payout to investors in an uncertain maritime voyage)?
psyche.co/ideas/how-12th…
Boeing accepts full responsibility for the second 737 Max plane crash in Ethiopia, an important step in facilitating compensation claims by families of victims
theguardian.com/business/2021/…
Former Boeing 737 MAX Chief Technical Pilot has been indicted for fraud by a Texas court, for allegedly providing the US FAA with materially false, inaccurate, and incomplete information about the new MCAS system
justice.gov/usao-ndtx/pr/f…
California is closing down the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant before its potential end of life, due to various public acceptability issues.
cnbc.com/amp/2021/10/02…
An interesting review of the influential book “The Checklist Manifesto” (Atul Gawande, 2009) on improving performance in complex environments
lesswrong.com/posts/dtmmP4Yd…
Today we released our safety video into the October 26, 2019, hydrogen sulfide release at the Aghorn Operating waterflood station in Odessa, Texas.
youtube.com/watch?v=jh2HWT…
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