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Take 5 for Safety

Facility Authorization Basis at BNL Safety Photos of the Week Collider-Accelerator Department 3-23-2010. Take 5 for Safety. Facility Authorization Basis at BNL. Facility types allowed by BNL SBMS Accelerator Hazard Category 1, 2 and 3 Nuclear

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Take 5 for Safety

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  1. Facility Authorization Basis at BNL Safety Photos of the Week Collider-Accelerator Department 3-23-2010 Take 5 for Safety

  2. Facility Authorization Basis at BNL • Facility types allowed by BNL SBMS • Accelerator • Hazard Category 1, 2 and 3 Nuclear • Former Nuclear Facility Downgraded to Radiological • Radiological (facility has a Radiation Area and radioactivity) • Chemical (>29 CFR 1910.119 chemical inventory) • Industrial (<29 CFR 1910.119 chemical inventory) • All facilities must have BNL or BNL/DOE approval for • Design and construction • Documented hazard identification, assessment and controls • Readiness confirmation • Safety Envelopes or Operational Safety Limits and/or Facility Use Agreement (FUA)

  3. Safety Photos of the Week: Rules are Rules • Good news: It was a normal day (April 18, 2002) in Sharon Springs , KS, when a Union Pacific crew boarded a loaded coal train for the long trek to Salina • Bad news: Just a few miles into the trip a wheel bearing became overheated and melted, letting a metal support drop down and grind on the rail, creating white hot molten metal droppings spewing down to the rail • Good news: A very alert crew noticed smoke about halfway back in the train, stopped the train in compliance with the rules, and walked ½ mile back • Bad news: The car with the hot wheel bearing was stopped on a wooden bridge with creosote ties and trusses; the crew tried to explain to higher-ups but were instructed not to move the broken car; they unhooked the front half of train • Federal Railway Agency Report: one car started the fire; crew stopped train to investigate cause of smoke; car with failed bearing had stopped on top of a wooden bridge and caused heat to ignite bridge; the heat ignited the coal that was loaded in the cars; when train started to fall, coal dust in the air flashed and completely destroyed the bridge and the cars on the bridge • No one hurt; $2M loss

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