Event
- Event ID
- 618
- Quality
- Description
- An explosion at a coal plant occurred as a steam methane reformer was being reactivated.
- Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- Hydrogen Release and Ignition
- Nature of the consequences
- Macro-region
- Africa
- Date
- Main component involved?
- Unknown
- How was it involved?
- Unknown
- Initiating cause
- Unknown
- Root causes
- Unknown (No additional details provided)
Facility
- Application
- Petrochemical Industry
- Sub-application
- SMR
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- All components affected
- coal gasification
- Location type
- Unknown
- Location description
- Industrial Area
- Operational condition
- Pre-event occurrences
- The SMR was being restarted
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of injured persons
- 7
- Number of fatalities
- 7
Event Nature
- Release type
- gas mixture
- Involved substances (% vol)
- unknown
- Presumed ignition source
- Not reported
References
- Reference & weblink
THE GUARDIAN, 1975, 15 APR.
CHEMICAL AGE, 1975, 18 APR.
JRC assessment
- Sources categories
- News
