Development of a Preliminary Hazard Analysis (PHA) of Binary Reactor

Abstract

The Chemical Research and Development Center (CRDC) mission is to conduct research and to provide life cycle engineering for chemical weapons, and chemical and biological defense. For CRDC to meet its mission requirements, operations must be conducted utilizing chemical agents. One means used by the Safety Office to ensure compliance with safety and operational requirements is to require a Standing Operating Procedure (SOP) for all hazardous operations. During the SOP review process, a preliminary hazard analysis (PHA) is developed for new operations involving chemical agents. The purpose of this report is to define the requirements for a PHA, the methodology used to develop a PHA, and to show the applicability of a PHA for use with chemical agent operations. The operation being evaluated by PHA in this report is the binary reactor. The binary reactor is a pressure vessel specifically designed to simulate a munitions formation of binary lethal agents under various test conditions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADP004893

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  • G. W. St. Pierre

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  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alcohols
  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Chemical Weapons
  • Clothing
  • Decontamination
  • Electrical Equipment
  • Engineering
  • Internal Pressure
  • Life Cycles
  • Materials
  • Medical Personnel
  • Protective Clothing
  • Relief Valves
  • Risk
  • Risk Analysis
  • Safety
  • Sodium Hydroxide

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  • Environmental Engineering.
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies