Lac-Megantic Accident: What we learned NJean-Paul LacoursiereDUniversite de Sherbrooke 2500, boul. de I'Universite, Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, CanadaMjpla@sympatico.ca

摘要

A tragic train derailment in Lac-Megantic, a small Quebec community caused 47 fatalities, the destruction of part of the town and huge cleaning costs. This paper reviews information available at the time of publication of this paper and extracts lessons that could be used by the chemical process industry.