Fire Risk Assessment for Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program Facilities
Abstract
The U.S. stockpile of chemical munitions stored at various locations in the Continental United States (CONUS) is scheduled to be thermally demilitarized under the supervision of the U.S. Army Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program (CSDP). This paper describes a fire risk assessment (FRA) performed under the system hazard analysis (SHA) task for the initial CSDP facility. The fire risk methodology used in the assessment is adopted from the methodology developed for nuclear power plant fire risk assessment. The task of fire risk assessment consists of three phases: (1) preparation, (2) fire risk assessment, and (3) fire risk management. Design recommendations were formulated based on the findings of the FRA to reduce the fire-induced risk and to improve safety-system reliability. The FRA presented in this paper proved to be a very useful tool in supporting the facility fire protection system design. It is also proved to be an important portion of the system hazard analysis task to assess the potential of agent release and equipment damage from fire.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1990
- Accession Number
- ADA519786
Entities
People
- Bernard Bindel
- David Douthat
- Joseph Chang
- Martin N. Fabrick
- Song T. Huang
- Vincent Ho
Organizations
- Parsons Corporation