Incident Report

Subject:                 HSE - New Research Published on Vapour Cloud Formation  

Date of Email report:   Fri 17/02/2012

Report Detail:

Since the Buncefield Oil Storage Depot incident (2005), the British Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has sponsored a programme of experimental and modelling research to investigate the technical issues involved and develop methods of analysis for the overfilling of a tank with a volatile liquid. The objective of the research is that the Regulator and industry will be in a position to agree on a reliable method to determine the character of the vapour cloud generated in the event of an overfill. This will allow appropriate consideration of the overfill scenario, i.e. fluid type, tank size, fill rate, etc., to be taken into account in hazard assessments for land use planning and emergency planning purposes. The research report (RR908) has now been published.

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