Development of a guidance document for lightning protection of DOE facilities

Conference · Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:129002

Hasbrouck, R T; Majumdar, K C ^[1]

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1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)

The authors are developing a guidance document for the lightning protection of US Department of Energy (DOE) facilities to satisfy the requirements of the department`s order DOE 5480.28, Natural Phenomena Hazards (NPH) Mitigation Performance Goals for Structures, Systems and Components (SSCs). This order specifies a systematic process of well defined and integrated design and evaluation criteria for the protection of SSCs. The document introduces the idea of Lightning Hazard Management because there is no single document that presents a unified approach to lightning protection. Earlier versions of the US National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Code, Lightning Protection, NFPA-78, only addressed the protection of structures. This is also true of the International Lightning Protection Standard, IEC-1024 and the Underwriters Laboratories recently issued Standard for Safety, Lightning Protection Components, UL 96.

• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 129002
• Report Number(s): CONF-950740-; ISBN 0-7918-1339-8; TRN: IM9550%%370
• Resource Relation: Conference: Joint American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)/Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME) pressure vessels and piping conference, Honolulu, HI (United States), 23-27 Jul 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Natural hazard phenomena and mitigation -- 1995; PVP-Volume 308. DOE facilities programs/design criteria and methods for: Impact, wave, high frequency, and seismic loads; Lin, C.W. [ed.] [Lin (Chi-Wen), Martinez, CA (United States)]; Wang, C.Y [ed.] [Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)]; Chang, S.J. [ed.] [Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)]; Chen, W.W. [ed.] [Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States)]; Mok, G.C.; Murray, R.C. [eds.] [Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)]; PB: 461 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

42 ENGINEERING NOT INCLUDED IN OTHER CATEGORIES
05 NUCLEAR FUELS
US DOE
ENERGY FACILITIES
LIGHTNING ARRESTERS
SAFETY
ALARM SYSTEMS
LIGHTNING
RECOMMENDATIONS
HAZARDS
RISK ASSESSMENT
PROBABILITY
EMERGENCY PLANS
EQUIPMENT PROTECTION DEVICES
DATA ACQUISITION