History of the Facility

Should be relevant to the loss history of the facility itself. Refer to Appendix C. 

In principle the need to protect people and the environment is indepoadent of the history of the facility. However, the management options possible for existing and abandoned sites depend in part on the previous management practices and the location of the waste on the sites. Thus, it may not be practicable to use the most modem solutions for older operations and hence the degree of radiation protection may vary for older operations. 

A. 103. The operational history of the facility shall be presented, including, for an existing facility, the major changes that have been made. 

The number and severity of failures experienced by the equipment under study must be related to the operations of the facility. It would be inappropriate to assign the same operating histories to a continuously operating system and a system that operates intermittently. The number of hours in different operating modes (for example, 100% production versus shutdown) affect failure rate calculation and service description for taxonomy definition. 

Design practices stem from standard fire test procedures in which the temperature history of the test furnace is regarded as an index of the destructive potential of a fire. Thus, the practice of describing the expected effects and damage mechanism is based on temperature histories. This standard design practice is convenient but lacks accuracy in terms of structural performance. The severity of a fire should address the expected intensity of the heat flux that will impact the structure and the duration of heat penetration. A simple analysis of the expect nature of an unwanted fire can be based on the heats of combustion and pyrolysis of the principal contents in the facility. The heat of combustion will identify the destructive nature of the fire, while the heat of pyrolysis will identify the severity of the fire within the compartment itself and will also identify the destructive potential of the fire in adjacent spaces. 

Persons familiar with the operation of the facility if the facility has no operating history, then operators from similar facilities may be included on the team. Frontline personnel are preferable, as they usually have the most accurate knowledge of the process equipment and procedures used during day-to-day operation, and are highly motivated to identify and eliminate hazards. 

Maintenance includes athorough check of equipment or a device to give maximum assurance that the equipment or device will operate effectively and safely. It may be necessary to disassemble and reassemble the equipment or device to ensure a through examination. Maintenance procedures should follow manufacture s recommended guidelines or accepted practices developed by recognized authorities, such as NFPA. Documentation of maintenance activities should be part of the facility s mechanical integrity program and all documentation should be part of the equipment history file. 

Overall compliance status and history of the company or facility... 

Before 1991, only four African American students had been awarded Ph.D. degrees in chemistry at LSUBR. Richard Evans was the first African American Ph.D. (1971) in the history of the LSUBR chemistry department. He is now retired from Alabama A M University where he was the chairman of the chemistry department for a number of years. Mildred Smalley (1972) is now vice chancellor for research and strategic initiatives at Southern University. Don Prier and Aris Gallon both joined the local Dow Chemical facility. The excellence of African American Ph.D.s had been proven USU simply needed to actually recruit these students for the graduate program. 

Shortwave Delousing Facilities 2.4.1. History of the Shortwave Facilities... 

The history of the Kresge-Hooker Science Library at Wayne State University is briefly reviewed. Some outstanding items of the periodical collection are enumerated, as well as some collectors items of interest to historians of chemistry. Current subscriptions to scientific periodicals include numerous titles which are not found widely in other libraries in this country. An abbreviated list of such periodicals has been compiled. Close proximity of the Detroit Public Library to the Kresge-Hooker Science Library on Wayne s campus, located in the heart of the city, provides excellent science library facilities for the students of that large urban university, the chemical and engineering industries, and the citizenry of Detroit alike. 

Samples should be transported to the testing facility within 24h and testing should commence as soon as possible after collection. Samples must be kept in the dark during transport and the sample temperature should not deviate markedly ( 2°C) from that at the time of collection. The temperature history of the samples from collection to arrival at the testing facility should be recorded, ideally using disposable temperature recorders, where appropriate. 

M. S. Gerber, A Brief History of the T Plant Facility at the Hanford Site, Westing-house Hanford Report WHC-MR-0452, Addendum 1, May 1994, pp. 23-33 M. S. Gerber, On the Home Front (University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, 1992), PP- 34-37, 77-86. 

As discussed in greater detail in Chapter 14, Triage of Chemical Casualties, the triage officer must know the natural history of the injuries he faces, including chemical injuries. He must also have knowledge of evacuation capabilities and the facilities at higher echelons of care as well as his own decontamination capabilities and assets for medical care. 

In addition to historical information about the particular facility, it is important to study the history of the particular timeframe that the base was active. Sites that came and went with a particular war are the most difficult to deal with because their records may be lost or were poorly kept due to the pressure of getting troops trained quickly for overseas duty ( 90 day wonders ). The site may never have made a map of where the range was located. 

From a safety point of view, keeping the integrity of offshore facilities during the life extension period is vital. Thus, formal assessments are needed to danonstrate that there is sufficient technical, operational, and organizational integrity to continue safe operation throughout a life extension, something that requires detailed information on history, the current state, and prediction on the future state of the facility [4]. 

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