Event
- Event ID
- 137
- Quality
- Description
- A factory was evacuated after a tank began leaking hydrogen. No injuries were reported
- Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- Unignited Hydrogen Release
- Nature of the consequences
- Leak No Ignition (No additional details provided)
- Macro-region
- Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Date
- Main component involved?
- Cgh2 Storage Vessel
- How was it involved?
- Leak
- Initiating cause
- Unknown
- Root causes
- Unknown (No additional details provided)
Facility
- Application
- Unknown
- Sub-application
- Not specified
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- Hydrogen Storage (No additional details provided)
- All components affected
- tank
- Location type
- Unknown
- Location description
- Industrial Area
- Operational condition
- Pre-event occurrences
- A factory was evacuated after a tank began leaking hydrogen. No injuries were reported
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of injured persons
- 0
- Number of fatalities
- 0
- Post-event summary
- The factory was evacuated after a tank began leaking hydrogen
Event Nature
- Release type
- gas
- Involved substances (% vol)
- H2 100%
- Presumed ignition source
- No ignition
References
- Reference & weblink
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JRC assessment
- Sources categories
- FireWorld
