transport of dangerous goods and risk management - Kirilo Savić

TRANSPORT OF DANGEROUS GOODS AND RISK MANAGEMENT 100provide timely action of the intervention team which could take water samples and establish the cause andtype of the pollution as well as the polluter and take measures to diminish the consequences of theaccident.The reliability of the system has been established and the working life of the electrodes inside the probe (which,according to the manufacturer, is 6 months) in the polluted natural aquatic environment will be checked in theupcoming part of experimental research. The research will be carried out in order to test the functioning of the probemounted on the mobile vessel and platform used for vessel repair and washing tanks which transport hazardousliquids.The application of the system for high quality continual monitoring of river water quality in Serbia, early detectionof accidental pollution and prompt notification of The Emergency Centre for Water Transport will contribute to thediminishing of the scale and effects of waterway pollution, protection of aquatic flora and fauna as well as healthprotection of the population.POSSIBLE APPLICATIONS IN INDUSTRYDue to its universality, the sophisticated multi-function device for measuring pollution in natural aquaticenvironment, detection of accidental pollution, alerting and early notification of accidents in rivers can also beused:1. in industrial plants with media in which some pollutant parameters should be monitored and uncontrolledemission of pollutants in the river in case of an accident that can cause damage in the surrounding aquaticenvironment.2. in industrial plants for monitoring, control, prevention and notification of chemical pollution in plants usedto carry out technological process;3. for monitoring transport of dangerous substances and early notification of the accident on the railway androad infrastructure, with technical modifications of certain elements of the device (adequate sensors fordetection of chemical pollutants in the air and power supply sources), adapted to new conditions andrequirements.CONCLUSIONConsidering the fact that it will take a long time to introduce an integrated system for early notification of accidentson the national level, the authors of this paper suggest establishing an information system for early detection andprompt notification of accidents on rivers, which was tested during this research. It would be a pilot – informationsubsystem for managing emergency situations in this type of transport and it could be established in a relativelyshort period of time.Note: This paper was written as a result of the research done within the technological development project TR –21037: «Development of an integrated system of managing ship-generated waste onwaterway corridors in theRepublic of Serbia », financed by the Ministry of Science and Technological Development of the Republic ofSerbia , 2008-2010Thank you note: The researchers of „Kirilo Savić“ Institute and Aluxom express their gratitude to Mrs Vesna DeVinča for making it possible to use her „Ekocentar“ raft for research within TR – 21037 Project.