Defense and Defense Industry

Important organizations

• U.S. Reliability Information Analysis Center (RIAC). Mainly provides reliability information, but also information relevant for risk assessment.
• UK Defence Standardization (DSTAN). UK defense standards can be downloaded from this web site. The site also contains a lot of related information.
• Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO), Australia
• MITRE

Additional reading/standards

• DEF STAN 00-56 (2007) Safety Management Requirements for Defence Systems - Part 1 Requirements (UK)
• DEF STAN 00-56 (2007) Safety Management Requirements for Defence Systems - Part 2 Guidance on Establishing a Means of Complying with Part 1 (UK)
• MIL-STD-882D (2000) Standard Practice for System Safety
• MIL-STD-882C (1993) System Safety Program Requirements
• Risk Management Guide for DoD Acquisitions (2006) 

Nuclear Power Industry

 Important organizations

• International Atomic Energy Authority (IAEA) - Vienna, Austria
• Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) - Paris, France
• U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (U.S. NRC)
• Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)

Additional reading

• Application of probabilistic safety assessment (PSA) for nuclear power plants (2001), IAEA TECDOC-1200
• Determining the quality of probabilistic safety assessment (PSA) for application in nuclear power plants (2006). IAEA TECDOC-1511
• Safety Analysis for Nuclear Power Plants (2008) , RD-310, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
• Instrumentation and Control Systems Important to Safety in Nuclear Power Plants (2002), IAEA Safety Standard NS-G-1.3
• The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident: OECD/NEA Nuclear Safety Response and Lessons Learnt (2013)

Process Industry

Important organizations

• U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Major Accident Hazards Bureau (MAHB) is part of the EU Joint Research Centre and gives scientific and technical assistance to EU related to the Seveso II directive.

Additional reading

• Chemical Accidents (Seveso II) Prevention, Preparedness, and Response
• OECD: Guiding Principles for Chemical Accidents Prevention, Preparedness, and Response
• Prevention Risques Majeurs (Prim.net) - In French  

Oil and Gas Industry

 Important organizations

• Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA)
• UK Health and Safety Executive - Offshore Division (HSE-Offshore) 
• The oil companies' European association for environment, health, and safety in refining and distribution (CONCAWE)
• National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) - Australia
• International Assiciation of Oil & Gas Producers (OGP) -- Their Internet info-pages contain a lot of useful information.

Space Industry

Important organizations

• U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
• European Space Agency (ESA)

 Additional reading

• NASA Activities in Risk Assessment. Presentation by Michael G. Stamatelatos, NASA

Aviation Industry

Important organizations

• InternationalCivil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
• U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
• The European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA)
• UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)
• The European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (EUROCONTROL)
• International Air Transport Association (IATA)
• Flight Safety Foundation

Additional reading

• ICAO Safety Management Manual (SMS) 
• U.S. FAA System Safety Handbook
• UK CAA: CAP760 "Guidance on the Conduct of Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment and the Production of Safety Cases: For Aerodrome Operators and Air Traffic Service Providers"
• Flight Safety Foundation (2010): Basic Aviation Risk Standard

Information on the Internet

• SKYbrary - ARMS Methodology for Risk Assessment
• IHS Airport 360

Railway Transport

Important organizations

• European Railway Agency (ERA)
• UK Office of Rail Regulation (ORR)
• UK Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB)

Additional reading

• UK Yellow Book - Engineering Safety Management

Maritime Transport

 Important organizations

• International Maritime Organization (IMO)
• European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA)

Additional reading

• IMO: Formal Safety Assessment
• HSE: Marine Risk Assessment
• SAFEDOR: This EU project resulted in several important reports.

Critical Infrastructures

Important organizations

• U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Additional reading

• Critical Foundations: Protecting America's Infrastructures

Machinery Systems

Important organizations

• U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) 

Additional reading

• Guide to the application of the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC
• Machinery Risk Assessment Validation Literature Review (2000), UK Health and Safety Laboratory

Environmental Risk

Important organizations

• European Environment Agency (EEA)
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population, and Communities, Australia. A range of relevant publications may be found on their web site.

Additional reading 

• Technical Guidance Document to risk assessment of substances
• Environmental Risk Assessment: Approaches, Experiences, and Information Sources
• The OECD Environmental Risk Assessment Toolkit
• Environmental Risk Assessment: An Australian Perspective
• U.S. EPA Risk Assessment Portal
• Prevention Risques Majeurs (Prim.net) - In French

Project Risk