SAFETY CASE (SAFETY REPORT)
As can be depicted from Article 10 of Directive 2012/18/EU Of The European Parliament And Of The Council of 4 July 2012 on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances (Seveso III), Power-to-X projects which are covered by the said directive shall produce a Safety Case/ Safety Report which covers:
• Demonstrating that a Major Accident Prevention Policy and a Safety Management System for implementing it have been put into effect.
Demonstrating that MAH and possible MAH scenarios have been identified and that the necessary measures have been taken to prevent such accidents and to limit their conse-quences for human health and the environment
• Demonstrating that adequate safety and reliability have been taken into account in the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of any installation, storage facility, equipment, and infrastructure connected with its operation which is linked to Major Accident Hazard inside the plant.
• Demonstrating that internal emergency plans have been drawn up and supplying information to enable the external emergency plan to be drawn up
• Provide sufficient information to the competent authority to enable decisions to be made regarding the siting of new activities or developments around existing establishments.
Moreover in Annex II of the Seveso III Directive, the following is required for submission as a part of the Safety Case:
• Identification and accidental risks analysis and prevention methods.
• Measures of protection and intervention to limit the consequences of a major accident.
Safety Management System
Safety Management System is the identification, prevention, control, and mitigation of unintended release of hazardous materials or loss of primary containment that have the potential to become Major Accident Hazards. Safety Management System is a part of a wider Major Accident Prevention Policy which in its turn is a part of the plant Management System, see Figure 3.
One of the key components to achieving a successful Safety Management System is to create and maintain safeguards or barriers to prevent the release of hazardous materials and mitigate the effect/ consequence of those releases on personnel, assets, and the environment. The safety-critical are those barriers or elements of an installation or plant that can be subjected to failure and substantially cause, contribute, prevent, or help recover from a Major Accident hazard or event.
