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    Secondary spill containment is the containment of hazardous liquids in order to prevent pollution of soil and water. Common techniques include the use...
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  • Secondary containment may refer to: Containment building, a type of building used with nuclear reactors Secondary spill containment, a technique for dealing...
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    stored over certain volume levels be placed in secondary spill containment. Berms for spill containment are typically manufactured from polyvinyl chloride...
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    by pipes) for watertightness using a limpet dam or similar. Secondary spill containment Storage tanks Contour plowing London Beer Flood Great Molasses...
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    Hazardous waste BP Environmental Protection Agency Secondary spill containment Boom (containment) National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency...
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    Act) or adjoining shorelines. Secondary spill containment is mandated at oil storage facilities and oil release containment is required at oil development...
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    clean up oil on beaches Secondary containment – methods to prevent releases of oil or hydrocarbons into the environment. Oil Spill Prevention Control and...
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  • A spill pallet is a bunded secondary containment item that is designed to hold containers of oil and fuels, typically in either a 200-litre (44 imp gal;...
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    tanks fill up, a secondary pressure relief device on the tank(s), often a rupture disc, allows the condensed reactor coolant to spill out onto the floor...
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    increased spill risk. To minimize the risk of leakage, and for the sake of containing a catastrophic spill, all fuel bladders should be housed in secondary containment...
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  • metals, and other volatile organic compounds found within fossil fuels. Oil spills happen frequently at varying degrees along with all aspects of the petroleum...
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  • (Morganville, NJ): Inappropriate work conditions and a lack of secondary spill containment led the DEP to fine Imperial Oil $15,000 in 2004. J & M Land...
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    were initially affected. The spill reached the Danube on 7 October 2010. It was not initially clear how the containment at the reservoir had been breached...
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    restricted areas with precision. The equipment on board is used for containment, recovery, separation and dispersal of pollutants. High tech control...
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  • the primary containment. Generation of hydrogen during the process would probably result in an explosion, damaging the secondary containment building. Thus...
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  • and secondary containment in oil holding facilities. Anticipatory duties involve managing the response plans of vessels and facilities to oil spills at...
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    prevent overfills of the tank during tank filling operations), spill containment (to catch spills when filling), and leak detection for both the tank and piping...
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    containment building. This radioactive coolant was pumped from the containment building sump to an auxiliary building, outside the main containment,...
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    spill. Taking into account precautions, training, regulations and technology changes over time HAZID calculates that the likelihood of an LNG spill as...
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    identifiable cause, such as a storm drain, a wastewater treatment plant or an oil spill. Non-point sources are more diffuse. An example is agricultural runoff....
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    with secondary containment is a primary vessel with an exterior vessel shell encompassing the primary vessel with at least 100% capacity. Secondary vessels...
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    Response Center received a report of the spill at 1:30pm that day, although the public did not learn of the spill for two days, and then only from tweets...
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    site of a spill is a major concern in liquid mercury spills; regulations emphasize containment of the visible mercury as the first course of action,...
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    promised to improve its infrastructure to make future spills less likely, including reinforcing containment structures. On June 17, 2011, the DOJ, California...
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  • Liners for radioactive or hazardous waste liquid As liners for secondary containment of underground storage tanks As liners for solar ponds As liners...
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    19 April 2005. All the fluids collected under gravity into the secondary containment, which is a stainless steel tub embedded in 2-metre thick reinforced...
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    the equipment cost is higher. Oil insulated switchgear presents an oil spill hazard. Switches may be manually operated or have motor drives to allow...
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    work. Secondary containment (meant to trap the petrol in a retaining wall around the tank) failed and allowed petrol to flow out. Tertiary containment (drains...
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    boiling point. A containment vessel maintaining the pressure that keeps the substance in liquid form. A sudden loss of containment that rapidly drops...
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    in the UK suffered a leak of a highly radioactive solution, into secondary containment. 2010s April 2010: Mayapuri radiological accident, India, one fatality...
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