Safety and Reliability for Managing Risk – Guedes Soares & Zio (eds) © 2006 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 0-415-41620-5 Organization Conference Chairman Prof. Carlos Guedes Soares Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal Technical Programme Chairman Prof. Enrico Zio Politecnico di Milano, Italy Technical Programme Committee Dr. A. Hessami Atkins Global, United Kingdom Dr. A. Bye Institute for Energy Technology/OECD Halden Reactor Project, Norway Dr. A. Carpignano Politecnico di Torino, Italy Prof. A. Betâmio de Almeida Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal Prof. B.J. Leira Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Prof. C. Bérenguer Université de Technologie de Troyes, France Dr. C. Kirchsteiger European Commission – DG JRC – IE, The Netherlands Prof. C. Johnson University of Glasgow & Strathclyde, Scotland, UK Dr. C. Preyssl European Space Agency, Netherlands Dr. C. Vivalda SAIPEM S.A., France Dr. D. Podgorski Central Institute for Labour Protection – National Research Institute, Poland Dr. E. Hollo VEIKI, Hungary Dr. E. Ruffin INERIS, France Prof. F. Coolen Durham University, United Kingdom Prof. G. Erdos University of Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Dr. G. Levitin The Israel Electric Corporation, Israel Prof. G. Spadoni University of Bologna, ITALY Dr. G. Uguccioni D’Appolonia, Italy Prof. J. Harvey Newcastle University, United Kingdom Prof. J. van Noortwijk HKV Consultants & Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Prof. J. Szpytko AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland Prof. J. Hall University of Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Dr. J.D. Sorensen Aalborg University, Denmark Prof. J. Vaurio LUT, Finland Prof. J. Wang Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom Prof. K. Kolowrocki Gdynia Maritime University, Poland Prof. K. Kosmowski Gdansk University of Technology, Poland Dr. L. Harms-Ringdahl IRS, Sweden Dr. L. Speijker NLR, The Netherlands Dr. L. Pardi Autostrade per Italia, Italy Dr. L. Podofillini PSI, Switzerland Prof. M.F. Ramalhoto Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal Prof. M. Holický Czech Technical University, Czech Republic Dr. M. Cepin Institut Josef Stefan, Slovenia Prof. M. Newby City University, United Kingdom Prof. M. Finkelstein University of the Free State, South Africa Dr. M. Demichela Politecnico di Torino, Italy Dr. M. Eid Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique, France Prof. M. Felici The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom Dr. M. Kocak GKSS, Germany Dr. N. Devictor Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique, France Dr. O.N. Aneziris NCSR “DEMOKRITOS”, Greece XXVII Prof. P.-E. Labeau Prof. P. Palanque Prof. P. van Gelder Prof. P. Tint Prof. P. Murthy Prof. R. Briš Dr. R. Bloomfield Prof. R. Rackwitz Prof. S. Martorell Dr. J-P. Signoret Prof. S. Colombo Dr. S. Eisinger Prof. T. Aven Prof. T. Bedford Dr. T. Rosqvist Dr. Ton Vrouwenvelder Dr. U. Pulkkinen Dr. V. Trbojevic Dr. Z. Sadovsky Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium LIIHS-IRIT, Université de Toulouse, France Technical University of Delft, The Netherlands Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia University of Queensland, Australia Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic CSR/Adelard, United Kingdom Technical University of Munich, Germany Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain TOTAL, France Politecnico di Milano, Italy Det Norske Veritas, Norway University of Stavanger, Norway Universities of Glasgow & Strathclyde, United Kingdom VTT, Finland TNO, The Netherlands VTT Industrial Systems, Finland Risk Support Ltd., United Kingdom USTARCH SAV, Slovakia Local Organising Committee Eng. L. Araújo Adubos de Portugal, S.A. Dr. J. Barrancos OG Power – SIEMENS S.A. Prof. M.P. Barroso Universidade do Minho Prof. J. Caldeira Duarte Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal Eng. A. M. G. G. Conde REFER EP Prof. J.A. Faria Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto Eng. M. Guerra EFACEC Sistemas de Electrónica, S.A. Prof. C. Jacinto Faculdade de Ciência e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Prof. Ma Luísa Lima Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa Prof. T. Martinez Gomes Faculdade de Ciência e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra Eng. M. Oliveira EDP Energias de Portugal, S.A. Dr. A. Quental Martins SOPORCEL Eng. V. Lameiras CP – Comboios de Portugal, S.A. Eng. P. Ribeiro da Silva Galp Energia Eng. A. Teixeira Instituto Superior Técnico Prof. J. Ventura Instituto Superior Técnico Conference Secretariat Alina Moise Ana Rosa Fragoso Carla Lopes Cláudia Nogueira Helena Ferreira Maria de Fátima Pina Sandra Ponce Susana António Instituto Superior Técnico Instituto Superior Técnico Instituto Superior Técnico Instituto Superior Técnico Instituto Superior Técnico Instituto Superior Técnico Instituto Superior Técnico Instituto Superior Técnico Sponsored by EDP – Energias de Portugal S.A. Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Rede Ferroviária Nacional – REFER EP REN Portugal SIEMENS XXVIII