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The prevention of major accidents involving hazardous substances is relatively well-controlled issue, nevertheless wastes, especially industrial ones, may exhibit similar hazardous properties as classified chemical substances and mixtures, but they are frequently not directly involved in the priorities area of major accident risk management. Among exceptions, mining wastes from processing, located in tailing facilities, are directly involved in the Seveso III Directive (2012/18/EU) and implemented in national legi...

Prevention of major chemical accidents, covered in the European Union by SEVESO III Directive (2012/18/EU) belongs among important environmental laws and it demands, together with general safety management and emergency preparedness, also security aspects, i.e., protection against intentionally caused major accidents as terrorist attacks and/or sabotage. This demand has an increasing importance in the time of hybrid attacks and growing terrorist activities, where chemical energy present in technologies and industr...