| Publication type: | Conference paper |
| Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
| Title: | Comparative accident risk assessment of energy system technologies for the energy transition in OECD countries |
| Authors: | Spada, Matteo Burgherr, Peter |
| et. al: | No |
| DOI: | 10.3850/978-981-18-8071-1_P542-cd |
| Proceedings: | Proceeding of the 33rd European Safety and Reliability Conference |
| Editors of the parent work: | Brito, Mário P. Aven, Terje Baraldi, Piero Čepin, Marko Zio, Enrico |
| Page(s): | 445 |
| Pages to: | 452 |
| Conference details: | 33rd European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL), Southampton, United Kingdom, 3-7 September 2023 |
| Issue Date: | 2023 |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Research Publishing |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Singapore |
| ISBN: | 978-981-18-8071-1 |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | Risk assessment; Energy technology; Energy-Related Severe Accident Database (ENSAD); Fossil fuel; OECD |
| Subject (DDC): | 621.04: Energy engineering |
| Abstract: | This study presents a comparative accident risk assessment for different energy technologies, e.g., fossil fuels (incl. CCUS), Hydropower, H2, Nuclear, and new renewables, in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. The quantitative analysis is based on the historical observations collected in the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI)'s ENergy-related Severe Accident Database (ENSAD) and updated using different sources, for the period 1970-2020, whereas for Nuclear a simplified level-3 Probabilistic Safety Assessment (PSA) is applied. Furthermore, for each energy technology, risk indicators, e.g., fatality rate and maximum consequences, are estimated to allow for comparison. Generally, fatality rates for Nuclear, Hydrogen, Hydropower and new renewables perform better than the fossil energy chains. In contrast, maximum consequences can be far highest for Nuclear, intermediate for fossil and Hydropower, and lowest for new renewables, which are less prone to severe accidents. Overall, no technology performs best or worst in all respects, thus trade-offs and priorities are needed to balance the conflicting objectives such as energy security, sustainability, and risk aversion to support rationale decision making. |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/29069 |
| Fulltext version: | Published version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | Licence according to publishing contract |
| Departement: | School of Engineering |
| Organisational Unit: | Institute of Sustainable Development (INE) |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen School of Engineering |
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Spada, M., & Burgherr, P. (2023). Comparative accident risk assessment of energy system technologies for the energy transition in OECD countries [Conference paper]. In M. P. Brito, T. Aven, P. Baraldi, M. Čepin, & E. Zio (Eds.), Proceeding of the 33rd European Safety and Reliability Conference (pp. 445–452). Research Publishing. https://doi.org/10.3850/978-981-18-8071-1_P542-cd
Spada, M. and Burgherr, P. (2023) ‘Comparative accident risk assessment of energy system technologies for the energy transition in OECD countries’, in M.P. Brito et al. (eds) Proceeding of the 33rd European Safety and Reliability Conference. Singapore: Research Publishing, pp. 445–452. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3850/978-981-18-8071-1_P542-cd.
M. Spada and P. Burgherr, “Comparative accident risk assessment of energy system technologies for the energy transition in OECD countries,” in Proceeding of the 33rd European Safety and Reliability Conference, 2023, pp. 445–452. doi: 10.3850/978-981-18-8071-1_P542-cd.
SPADA, Matteo und Peter BURGHERR, 2023. Comparative accident risk assessment of energy system technologies for the energy transition in OECD countries. In: Mário P. BRITO, Terje AVEN, Piero BARALDI, Marko ČEPIN und Enrico ZIO (Hrsg.), Proceeding of the 33rd European Safety and Reliability Conference. Conference paper. Singapore: Research Publishing. 2023. S. 445–452. ISBN 978-981-18-8071-1
Spada, Matteo, and Peter Burgherr. 2023. “Comparative Accident Risk Assessment of Energy System Technologies for the Energy Transition in OECD Countries.” Conference paper. In Proceeding of the 33rd European Safety and Reliability Conference, edited by Mário P. Brito, Terje Aven, Piero Baraldi, Marko Čepin, and Enrico Zio, 445–52. Singapore: Research Publishing. https://doi.org/10.3850/978-981-18-8071-1_P542-cd.
Spada, Matteo, and Peter Burgherr. “Comparative Accident Risk Assessment of Energy System Technologies for the Energy Transition in OECD Countries.” Proceeding of the 33rd European Safety and Reliability Conference, edited by Mário P. Brito et al., Research Publishing, 2023, pp. 445–52, https://doi.org/10.3850/978-981-18-8071-1_P542-cd.
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