Co-organizer: IMechE HKB & HKARMS & HKIE-NE

Supporting Organizer: HKIE - MMNC, HKNS & UCLA Alumni Hong Kong Network

Date, Time and Venue

9 April 2018 (Monday); 7:00 p.m.; Lecture Theatre N003, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Programme Highlights

While safety cannot be directly measured, the risks associated with a complex engineering system can be assessed instead to register the safety performance of the system. Risk has been defined in various ways in different industries, and is often misunderstood. For a complex engineering system analysis, probabilistic risk analysis is used to answer the following questions:

• What can go wrong?

• How likely is it that this will happen?

• If it happens, what are the consequences?

• What are the uncertainties?

   

The Speaker will discuss the application of risk analysis in system safety assessments using an application in nuclear weapon system safety assessment (WSSA) as an example. Instead of focusing on a fixed location-based engineering system such as a power plant, a risk model can be developed to address the stockpile-to-target sequence (life cycle) of the weapons.  The basic physics and types of nuclear weapons will be addressed for an understanding of the weapon life cycle.  All materials are taken from the public domain.

Speaker

Dr. Vincent HO, Founding Chairman of the Hong Kong Association of Risk Management and Safety, and a former Chair of HKIE-SSC, HKIE-MMNC, and Special Projects Subcommittee of IMechE.

Registration and Enquiry

The seminar is free of charge and prior registration is required. Applications will be accepted on a first-come first-served basis. For registration, please visit the following website:  http://nearyou.imeche.org/near-you/north-east-asia/hong-kong/event-detail?id=14931. Successful applicants will be notified by email. For enquiries, please contact Ms Annie KOU via Email: nuclear@ne.hkie.org.hk.

Disclaimer

All information and views expressed by speakers and in their conference materials do not reflect the official opinion and position of HKIE. No responsibility is accepted by the HKIE or their publisher for such information and views including their accuracy, correctness and veracity.