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... . Catastrophic accidents emanating from an LNG plant or environmental pollution from a hazardous waste facility are not sufficiently well understood to permit estimates of their probability with any degree of accuracy.
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... (Buckling one's seat belt is another example of an ex ante action: it reduces the potential consequences of an automobile accident.) By ex post consequences is meant the impact of a disaster or accident on


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