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1、CSBFindsT2LaboratoriesExplosionCausedbyFailureofCoolingSystemResultinginRunaway(逃逸的)ChemicalReaction;ReportNotesCompanyDidNotRecognizeHazards(危险)ofChemicalProcesUPDATED–Jacksonville(杰克逊维尔),Florida, 7:15p.m.,September15,2009-Atapublicmeetingheretonight,theBoard((董事会)votedunanimou
2、sly(一致的)toapprovethedraftreportonthefireandexplosionatT2Laboratories. Jacksonville,Florida,September15,2009–ThemassiveDecember2007explosionandfireatT2LaboratoriesinJacksonvillewascausedbyarunawaychemicalreactionthatlikelyresultedfromaninadequate(不适当的)reactorcoolin
3、gsystem,investigatorsfromtheU.S.ChemicalSafetyBoard(CSB)saidinafinaldraftreportreleasedtoday. TheBoardistovoteonthereportfindingsandrecommendationsatapublicmeetinginJacksonvillethisevening. ConcludingthatT2didnotrecognizeallofthepotentialhazardsoftheprocessformakingagasolineaddi
4、tive,thereportcallsforimprovingtheeducationofchemicalengineeringstudentsonreactivechemicalhazards. TheexplosionandfireonDecember19,2007,killedfourT2employeesandinjuredfourothers. Inaddition,28peopleworkingatnearbybusinesseswereinjuredwhenbuildingwallsandwindowsblewin. Theblast(
5、冲击波)sentdebris(残骸)uptoamileawayanddamagedbuildingswithinaquarter-mileofthefacility. “ThisisoneofthelargestreactivechemicalaccidentstheCSBhasinvestigated,”saidChairmanJohnBresland.“Wehopeourfindingsonceagaincallattentiontotheneedforcompaniestobeawareofhowtocontrolreactivechemical
6、hazards.” In2002theCSBcompletedastudyofreactivechemicalhazards,whichidentified167accidentsoveratwo-decadeperiodandmaderecommendationstoimprovereactivechemicalsafety. ThedraftreportontheT2LaboratoriesexplosioncallsontheAmericanInstituteofChemicalEngineers(AIChE)andtheAccreditatio
7、nBoardforEngineeringandTechnology(ABET)toworktogethertoincludereactivechemicaleducationinbaccalaureatechemicalengineeringcurricula(课程)acrossthecountry. TheCSBfoundthatalthoughthetwoownersofthecompanyhadundergraduatedegreesinchemistryandchemicalengineering,theywerenonethelesslike
8、lyunawareofthepotentialortheconsequencesofaruna