The Storage of POL and Chemicals in Packaging in the Royal Netherlands Army
Abstract
In the ninety eighties a chemical storage facility of Sandoz Inc. in Basel suffered a major fire. During this disaster tons of toxic chemicals polluted the river Rhine severely. As a direct result of this disaster, the Netherlands Government introduced new environmental legislation on the storage of POL and chemicals in packaging. This legislation makes a distinction between a facility with a storage capacity of no more than 10 tons of POL and chemicals in packaging (Regulation CPR 15-1) and a facility with a storage capacity of more than 10 tons of POL and chemicals in packaging (Regulation CPR 15-2). If a major accident happens in a CPR 15-2 facility far more than 10 tons of chemicals are involved. As a consequence, requirements for a CPR 15-2 storage facility are much more severe than the requirements for a CPR 15-1 storage facility. Therefor, a CPR 15-2 storage facility is far more expensive. 2. During the Sandoz-fire, all kinds of chemicals reacted in a uncontrolled way with each other. This caused additional risk to the environment. In order to prevent this happening in the future, both CPR 15-1 and CPR 15-2 regulations require the separate storage of chemicals, which can react dangerously with each other.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 2000
- Accession Number
- ADP010590
Entities
People
- E. Hofstede
Organizations
- Royal Netherlands Army