Liquefied Gaseous Fuels Spill Test Facility

Technical Report · Mon Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:10131872

The US Department of Energy`s liquefied Gaseous Fuels Spill Test Facility is a research and demonstration facility available on a user-fee basis to private and public sector test and training sponsors concerned with safety aspects of hazardous chemicals. Though initially designed to accommodate large liquefied natural gas releases, the Spill Test Facility (STF) can also accommodate hazardous materials training and safety-related testing of most chemicals in commercial use. The STF is located at DOE`s Nevada Test Site near Mercury, Nevada, USA. Utilization of the Spill Test Facility provides a unique opportunity for industry and other users to conduct hazardous materials testing and training. The Spill Test Facility is the only facility of its kind for either large- or small-scale testing of hazardous and toxic fluids including wind tunnel testing under controlled conditions. It is ideally suited for test sponsors to develop verified data on prevention, mitigation, clean-up, and environmental effects of toxic and hazardous gaseous liquids. The facility site also supports structured training for hazardous spills, mitigation, and clean-up. Since 1986, the Spill Test Facility has been utilized for releases to evaluate the patterns of dispersion, mitigation techniques, and combustion characteristics of select materials. Use of the facility can also aid users in developing emergency planning under US P.L 99-499, the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) and other regulations. The Spill Test Facility Program is managed by the US Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Fossil Energy (FE) with the support and assistance of other divisions of US DOE and the US Government. DOE/FE serves as facilitator and business manager for the Spill Test Facility and site. This brief document is designed to acquaint a potential user of the Spill Test Facility with an outline of the procedures and policies associated with the use of the facility.

• Research Organization: USDOE Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 10131872
• Report Number(s): DOE/FE--0274T; ON: DE93009201; NC: NONE
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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03 NATURAL GAS
030800
ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS
GAS SPILLS
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SPILLS
LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS
MITIGATION
NEVADA TEST SITE
TEST FACILITIES
TESTING
TRAINING
US DOE
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