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The purpose of this technical publication is to provide industry guidance for the management of safety critical elements (SCEs) throughout the life cycle of a facility from conceptual design, through the operate phase, to changes such as life extension and decommissioning. An SCE is any part of a facility, plant, or computer program, the failure of which could cause, or contribute substantially to, a major accident hazard (MAH); or the purpose of which is to prevent or limit the effect of an MAH.
This 3rd edition has updated the 2nd edition so as to:
In doing so, it provides:
In addition, the 3rd edition provides practical examples to support the guidance. It therefore provides a robust and updated 'industry' benchmark of good practice in managing SCEs for organisations operating in the high hazards industrial sectors. Adopting its guidance should enable industry operating companies to ensure initial and ongoing suitability of SCEs, and so contribute to improving their process safety management (PSM) capability.
This technical publication is intended for use by process safety specialists, technical safety engineers, designers and asset management specialists working in engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor companies, operating companies (or duty holders under legislation or regulations), verification bodies and competent authorities. It should be of particular use to those involved with SCE assurance and verification, including those organisations that provide asset management (inspection, maintenance, testing and repair) and verification services to operating companies. The intended applications are process industry sector facilities where there are MAHs; these may be new or existing facilities.
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