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Appendix B: Current Recognition of Risk and Risk-Based Design at Selected Federal Agencies
Pages 53-56

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... Examples include computer facilities, aircraft valued at several times the cost of their hangers, boiler rooms and telecommunications switching rooms, and hospital operating rooms. Heat and smoke toxicity were identified as principal concerns from fire.
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... Areas addressed in the safety analysis include, but are not necessarily limited to, the following: ~ Form, type, and amount of hazardous materials (nuclear or other) to be stored, handled, or processed ~ Principal hazards and risks that can be encountered in facility operation, including potential accidents and predicted consequences of fire, explosion, radiation, toxic exposure, structural failure, wind, flood, earthquake, tornado, operating error, failure of essential operating equipment, and failure of safety systems 54
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... For PRA, events considered are those whose annual probability of occurrence exceeds 10~. For fire protection the DOE requires that its vital facilities and programs meet or exceed the "improved risk" level thereby limiting damage to an acceptable level.
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... The Army, for example, noted that 43 percent of their buildings are older than 35 years. Some agencies are concerned that newly perceived risks may require costly retrofit of existing structures, as occurred when the seismic hazard zone designation for the city of Memphis, Tennessee was increased.
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