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Technical Articles
EPA Proposes Operator Training, Stronger Containment Regulations for Storage Tanks
The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to strengthen regulations governing underground storage tanks, adding new rules for backup containment and extending training requirements to more … Continue reading
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Tagged Environment Protection Agency, EPA, underground storage tanks
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National Transport Commission – Australian Dangerous Good Code
The Australian Dangerous Goods Code sets out the requirements for transporting dangerous goods by road or rail. The current version of the Code is the … Continue reading
H2S Exposure Failure to Follow Proper Procedure
Description of Incident : A fatality associated with hydrogen sulphide (H2S) exposure occurred at a lease site in Central Alberta. During the task of suspending … Continue reading
CCPS Bulletin – Hazards from Abandoned Equipment
In a Texas refinery in February 2007, propane leaked from cracked control station piping which had been out of service for 15 years. A huge … Continue reading
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Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion – Video
BLEVE (Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion) Demonstration – How it Happens Training Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM0jtD_OWLU – end –
Pipeline Emergencies 2nd Edition
The Pipeline Emergencies instructor program developed by Michael Callan in cooperation with Michael Hildebrand and Gregory Noll provides instructors with a comprehensive and flexible approach … Continue reading
Inadequate Confined Space Programme for Tank let to Fatality
The JOIFF Guideline on Confined Space Entry was recently completed and circulated to Members. It is available for download here. The JOIFF Guideline provides the … Continue reading
Vulnerability of oil contaminated fire retardant overalls
The issue of fire resisting overalls/coveralls is a problem for High Hazard Industry Worldwide and one of the issues about which JOIFF is regularly asked … Continue reading
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Pipeline Emergencies 2nd Edition Releases Online Instructor Guide for Fire Trainers – Material Supports New Textbook
Pipeline Emergencies Second Edition Today the National Association of State Fire Marshals (NASFM) announces the availability of a new Instructor Guide for the Pipeline Emergencies … Continue reading
Top Consequences 2005-2009 – Hazardous Materials by Commodities and Failure Modes Report
US Department of Transportation Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration [PHMSA] Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Issue 2 : 03/28/2011 The Pipeline and Hazardous … Continue reading
ISO action plan proposes standards to combat oil spill disasters
ISO has developed an action plan on International Standards that could help the oil and gas industry prevent or mitigate disasters like the Deepwater Horizon … Continue reading
Control Rod Blade Cracking Resulting in Design Lifetime
All holders of an operating license or construction permit for a nuclear power pressurized-water reactor or boiling-water reactor (BWR) issued under Title 10 of the … Continue reading
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Tagged boiling water reactor, BWR, CFR, Code of Federal Regulations, Domestick Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, GEH, Licenses Certificates and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants, nrc, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Report into Loading Hose Burst and Subsequent Fire at Jetty Loading Dock September 2010
This report shows very graphically how rapidly fires at loading gantries/jetties/docks can escalate and how ill-prepared and poorly sized are the fixed fire protection systems … Continue reading
Guide to Standards – Dangerous Goods
This document provides information on Standards and other industry specific information that may be of interest to anyone working with different types of dangerous goods, … Continue reading
Transocean releases internal investigation into the Deepwater Horizon accident
Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) (SIX: RIGN) released an internal investigation report on the causes of the April 20, 2010, Macondo well incident in the Gulf … Continue reading
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Tagged BP, coffee break training, Deepwater Horizon, fire protection, Macondo well, Transocean
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