Systems approach to hazard and risk management for the SDC detector.

摘要

The realities of the day seem almost insurmountable: Environmental impact statements, public hearings, stringent enforcement of the existing government ES&H regulations together with new and seemingly costly requirements; the list goes on. It is self-evident that the recent years have seen a significant increase in environmental and system safety awareness. We are now beginning to see the effects of this awakening on the Department of Energy (DOE) and its High Energy Physics (HEP) programs. The days of a laissez-faire and sometimes cavalier approach to safety and environmental issues are over. Environmental awareness and personnel safety are now paramount design criteria. In our environment, the importance of ES&H is now on par with physics performance itself, especially in the eyes of the customer. The predicament is further complicated by budget-driven extensions of development profiles, sometimes elongated out to ten or twelve years. All of these facts combine to render the traditional ''post-hoc'' safety analysis program obsolete. The predominant question today centers on how HEP Project Managers can implement a cost and performance effective ES&H program. This program must at once address the needs of the customer, the needs of the research, the needs of the public, and must be dynamic enough to be viable over a ten or twelve year development schedule. We must begin by coming to an understanding of our working environment, an understanding of the customer's requirements and a utilization of lessons learned from others who have existed in a similar environment. Surprisingly enough, there is real help in answering these questions. Let's characterize the current HEP environment in which such a program must operate.