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Predictable Safety in the Control of High Consequence Systems

Conference ·
OSTI ID:1070

Many industries transmit large amounts of energy under the control of safety critical systems, inadvertent release of energy by such systems can result in negative high consequences. Thirpaper describes aprincipie-ba.re dstrategyfor preventing inadvertent release due [O normai operational stresses or abnormal (e.g., accident) stresses. The sajetyprin- ciples, deveioped by Sandia )?a~ional Laboratories for im- bedding detonation safety in nuclear weapons, include iso- [atio~ inoperabilip and incompatibility. There principles will be defined in the paper. They are illustrated and con- trasted to conventionalpractice via the application to a gas jiunace control system.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
OSTI ID:
1070
Report Number(s):
SAND98-2295C; ON: DE00001070
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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