Environmental Protection and Safety

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	English
Code	040-0353/01
Abbreviation	EPS
Course title	Environmental Protection and Safety
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of Occupational and Process Safety
Course coordinator	Ing. Kateřina Sikorová, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction to environmental protection and negative impacts to the environment in terms of safety.
2. Water protection and pollution.
3. Air protection and pollution.
4. Soil and Nature protection and pollution.
5. Waste protection and pollution.
6. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA, SEA).
7. Integrated Prevention and Pollution Control (IPPC).
8. Environmental management system (EMS).
9. Safety Management System according to SEVESO Directive.
10. Environmental Impact Assessment caused by major accidents.
11. Methodology - H&V index and Environment Accident Index. Case study.
12. Firefighting waters and their ecotoxicity.
13. Excursion – Waste water treatment, Hazardous waste incinerator.

E-learning

Study materials are available to students on MS Teams.

Literature

EC, 2012. Council Directive 2012/18/EU of 4 July 2012 on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous sub-stances. Official Journal of the European Communities (SEVESO Directive III).

Vince, I., 2007. Major Accidents to the Environment. Butterworth-Heinemann, 320 p. .

Advised literature

Scott, A., 1998. Environment – Accident Index: Validation of Model. Journal of Hazardous Materials 61, pp. 305–312. .

Sikorova, K., Bernatik, A., Lunghi, E., Fabiano, B., 2017. Lessons learned from environmental risk assessment within the framework of Seveso Directive in Czech Republic and Italy. Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, pp. 47-60. DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2017.01.017.

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