Storage of Ammunition - Quantitative Risk Assessment - Evaluation and Further Approach
Abstract
In Norway, we use ammunition storage regulations very similar to the NATO recommendations. As a compliment to the regulations we use risk assessment for some of our approvals for ammunition storage. However, by the late seventies one third of licenses for explosive storehouses could only be issued with a concession. Many of these waivers arose from minor infringements of the quantity distance rules, and the Explosive safety Board considered that most of these were acceptably safe. In 1989 action was started to reduce the number of waivers. This was done by : - seeking approval to license storehouses on the basis of risk assessment - building new storages - accepting reduced availability. There are now very few waivers remaining in force. The remaining waivers are the result of temporary situations such as operational training and unforeseen demands. These waivers can be permitted by the officer commanding a particular storage area under the terms of their delegated authority
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 26, 1996
- Accession Number
- ADA522579
Entities
People
- Hans Oiom