Welcome to issue 45 of our company technical newsletter, RISKworld. We hope you find these articles interesting and thought provoking. As always we welcome your feedback.
Wind of Change
As the installed global wind power capacity continues to grow, an ever increasing volume of operational and accident data is available. Michael Kupoluyi explores how this data can be used to inform decision making.
Integrated Accessibility
With an increasing awareness and desire to ensure that the rail environment is safe and accessible for all, Kay Rigby talks us through how to consider accessibility within the risk assessment process.
To Finity and Beyond
Emilia Gajda and Michael Kupoluyi introduce us to a new technique that repurposes finite element models of structures, often used for design analysis, to estimate their probability of failure.
Sunny with a Chance of Neutrons
The fact that space weather can impact critical infrastructure on earth has long been known, but what is the nature of the hazard, what wider effects can it have and how do we manage it? Chris Rees discusses the issue.
Decommissioning by Design
David Cooper explains how our hard-won lessons learned can help inform future designs and make decommissioning an easier prospect for future generations.