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Ispra Workshop on
Ammonium Nitrate
Workshop on
"AMMONIUM
NITRATE"
30 January – 1 February 2002, Ispra/Italy
Background
At the end of January 2002 the Major
Accident Hazard Bureau of the European Commission’s Joint Research
Centre in Ispra, Italy hosted a workshop on ammonium nitrate. The workshop
was specifically convened to address concerns raised about current
practice relative to prevention of ammonium nitrate incidents following
the catastrophic incident on 21st September at the Grande
Paroisse site in Toulouse, France. The incident killed 30 people, 8 of
which were outside the establishment, and injured over 2,500 - a number of
them very seriously – and caused material damage provisionally thought
to be between € 1.5 and 2.3 billion. The purpose of the workshop was to
review existing theory and practices for preventing industrial incidents
involving ammonium nitrate with the view to strengthening existing
prevention practices and policies.
Approximately 90 representatives of
government and industry attended the workshop, representing over 20
different countries. Representatives from fourteen Member States attended
the meeting. Additionally, there were representatives from Norway,
Switzerland, two accession countries (Estonia and Lithuania), Canada and
the United States. Participation was fairly evenly divided between
government and industry, and also included specialists from academia and
research organisations. Experts in both the fertiliser and explosives
industries were present.
The expected outcome of the workshop was
to review and generate a common understanding of ammonium nitrate hazards
and related hazard reduction strategies among industry and government
experts. In particular, the workshop was to focus on the properties of
ammonium nitrate as they related to potential causes of chemical
incidents, the conditions under which these properties might represent
significant risk, and the recommended strategies for reducing the risk and
preventing such incidents. It was intended that the information would then
be used to form the basis of a consensus on what further measures might be
necessary to reduce risks associated with ammonium nitrate. Indeed, the
discussions at this workshop have helped facilitate a thoughtful and
informed deliberation of various proposals related to Toulouse and the
management of ammonium nitrate risks at the European level.
To view the workshop agenda, final report (download
version) and download or view
presentation given at the workshop, please click on the following links.
Agenda
of the presentations held
Overview
of the presentations with the possibility to on-line view and download
Final
Report, summarizing the workshop proceedings, conclusions and
recommendations.
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