- Author
- Uehara, Y.
- Title
- Shutdown and Restart of Process Plant at a Big Earthquake.
- Coporate
- Dr. Uehara and Partners, Yokohama City, Japan
- Report
- Session 3
- Book or Conf
- Safety in the Transport, Storage and Use of Hazardous Materials, International Workshop. (IWS). Proceedings. Organized by The National Research Institute of Fire and Disaster (NRIFD) and The Fire and Disaster Management Agency/The Ministry of Home Affairs (FDMA/MHA). March 11-13, 1998, Tokyo, Japan, Tamura, M.; Roberts, T. A.; Hasegawa, K.; Koseki, H., Editors, 225-239 p., 1998
- Keywords
- hazardous materials | safety | storage | hazard assessment | earthquakes | industrial plants | damage | storage | emergencies
- Identifiers
- Hyogo-Ken Nanbu Earthquake (Kobe), Great Hanshin Disaster, Japan, January 17, 1995
- Abstract
- The big earthquake struck directly below the city on January, 17, 1995 and caused mass destruction in the region. Many industrial facilities were damaged. This report discussed the damage to these facilities, while emphasizing the handling and storage of dangerous materials at first. Emergency shutdown operation in plants in the vicinity of Kobe at Great Hanshinn-Awaji Earthquake was investigated. A half plant failed to stop the working in spite of the operational standard which was determined in advance. Automatically stop at the predetermined acceleration connected with seismometers is recommended for safety of plants in the near future. Countermeasures of plants which has not experienced yet a big earthquake were also investigated. However, special and drastic measures have not been taken. Incremental effort will reduce and localize plant damage in case of a big earthquake. Finally, conditions to resume plants after earthquake are discussed.