Event
- Event ID
- 121
- Quality
- Description
- Hydrogen explosion on NPO "Azot" in Rovno, Ukraine.
- Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- Hydrogen Release and Ignition
- Nature of the consequences
- Macro-region
- Europe
- Country
- Ukraine
- Date
- Main component involved?
- Unknown
- How was it involved?
- Unknown
- Initiating cause
- Unknown
- Root causes
- Unknown (No additional details provided)
Facility
- Application
- Chemical Industry
- Sub-application
- Ammonia production
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- Location type
- Unknown
- Location description
- Industrial Area
- Operational condition
- Unknown (No additional details provided)
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of injured persons
- 0
- Number of fatalities
- 0
- Emergency action
- Fire fighting was difficult because of 40 degrees F temperatures.
Event Nature
- Release type
- Liquid
- Involved substances (% vol)
- H2 100%
- Presumed ignition source
- Not reported
References
- Reference & weblink
Provided to HIAD 1.0 by HySafe NoE. (Original source unavailable).
JRC assessment
- Sources categories
- News
