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4. NaTech lightning risk management
On October 24, 1995, lightning struck a refinery in the Cilacap region of Indonesia. The lightning struck the gauging device of a kerosene tank being filled. Sparks are produced at an equipotential fault, igniting the tank's gaseous atmosphere, which explodes. The ensuing fire spread to other tanks in the retention basin (ARIA database no. 8183) and . While this major accident illustrates the main feared effect of lightning on an industrial site with explosive atmospheres,...
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Bibliography
Websites
http://www.uic.fr/Activites/Securite-industrielle/Reglementation-sismique-Risque-Special
https://www.georisques.gouv.fr/glossaire/risque-majeur , consulted on 20/10/2015
Standards and norms
AFNOR Lightning protection :
series of standards: NF EN 62305-1, NF EN 62305-2, NF EN 62305-3, NF EN 62305-4
series of standards: NF EN 62561-1, NF EN 62561-2, NF EN 62561-3, NF EN 62561-4, NF EN 62561-5, NF EN 62561-6
NF EN 61643 standard series
Guide UTE C 15-443...
Regulations
Directive 2012/18/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council known as the Seveso 3 Directive of July 4, 2012 on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances, amending and subsequently repealing Council Directive 96/82/EC (text with EEA relevance).
Article L. 512-1 of the French Environment Code.
Circular dated May 10, 2010 summarizing the methodological...
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