WHAT IS THE RISK: CONSENSUS REPORT FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE RISK OF TRANSPORTING DANGEROUS GOODS

This report documents the small group discussions and consensus testing process from the corridor exercise conducted as part of the International Consensus conference on the Risks of Transporting Dangerous Goods, held April 6-8, 1992 in Toronto. The purpose of the corridor exercise was to provide a well defined transportation problem for analysis in order to examine the sources of variability in the risk estimates. The exercise involved the bulk transport of chlorine, LPG and gasoline by road and rail over two designated routes. Seven agencies in six countries participated in this exercise.

• Corporate Authors:

  University of Waterloo

  Institute for Risk Research
  Waterloo, Ontario  Canada  N2L 3G1
• Publication Date: 1993-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: v.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bulk cargo; Bulk cargo handling; Chlorine; Hazardous materials; Liquefied petroleum gas; Risk analysis; Transportation
• Old TRIS Terms: Lpg transportation; Transportation of hazardous materials
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Transportation (General); I70: Traffic and Transport;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00738491
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 18 1997 12:00AM