Impact of the 11 March 2011, Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami on the chemical industry

The Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami damaged or destroyed many industrial facilities housing or processing hazardous substances, such as refineries, petrochemical facilities and other types of chemical industry. This showed that also generally well prepared countries are at risk of suffering...

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Published in:Natural hazards (Dordrecht) 2013-06, Vol.67 (2), p.811-828
Main Authors: Krausmann, Elisabeth, Cruz, Ana Maria
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accidents
Authority
Chemical industries
Chemical industry
Civil Engineering
Damage
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Earth, ocean, space
Earthquake damage
Earthquakes
Earthquakes, seismology
Engineering and environment geology. Geothermics
Environmental Management
Exact sciences and technology
Fires
Geophysics/Geodesy
Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences
Hazardous materials
Hazards
Housing
Hydrogeology
Industrial plants
Internal geophysics
Japan
Natural Hazards
Natural hazards: prediction, damages, etc
Original Paper
Petrochemicals
Refineries
Risk
Risk assessment
Risk management
Seismic activity
Seismic phenomena
Tsunamis
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Summary:The Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami damaged or destroyed many industrial facilities housing or processing hazardous substances, such as refineries, petrochemical facilities and other types of chemical industry. This showed that also generally well prepared countries are at risk of suffering natural hazard triggered technological (Natech) accidents. An analysis of data collected from open sources and through interviews with authorities was performed to understand the main reasons for the industrial damage and downtime as well as the extent of hazardous-materials releases and the associated impact on society. The analysis of the data set confirmed the findings from other studies with respect to main damage and failure modes, as well as hazardous-materials release paths. In addition, gaps in Natech risk management were identified. Based on the data analysis and interviews lessons learned in support of a more far-reaching Natech risk management are presented.
ISSN:0921-030X
1573-0840
DOI:10.1007/s11069-013-0607-0