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Flood and fire protection. Many industrial plants are located along rivers or near large bodies of water, and there are risks of flood or hurricane damage. Before selecting a plant site, the regional history of natural events of this type should be examined and the consequences of such occurrences considered. Protection from losses by fire is another important factor in selecting a plant location. In case of a major fire, assistance from outside fire departments should be available. Fire hazards in the immediate area surrounding the plant site must not be overlooked. 

Temperate and tropical environments are less severe locations where supplemental exposure protection from the normal ambient conditions is not necessary. But these locations may contain other threats that need to be accounted for when offshore structures are present these typically include storm weather events such as hurricanes and predators (sharks). 

Weather data for a number of years should be assembled for each community being studied. Particular attention should be given to such natural disasters as hurricanes, earthquakes, and floods, which often can be predicted from meteorological data. In certain locations these catastrophic events must be assumed to be probable and this increases construction costs. E.xtremely cold weather often hampers process plant operation and requires special construction features to protect equipment from freezing. Predominantly warm weather permits cheaper construction but may also reduce the efllcicncy of the labor force. 

A specialty of geology concerned with earth processes, earth resources, and engineering properties of earth materials and relevant to (1) the protection of human health and natural ecosystems from adverse biochemical and/or geochemical reactions to naturally occurring chemicals or to chemical compounds released into the environment by human activities and (2) the protection of life, safety, and well-being of humans from natural processes, such as floods, hurricanes, earthquakes and landslides, through land-use planning. 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of the Inspector General (2006, May 2). Evaluation report EPA provided quality and timely information on Hurricane Katrina hazardous materials releases and debris management. (Report No. 2006-P-00023). Retrieved March 13, 2007 from http //www.epa.gov/ oigearth/reports/2006/20060502-2006-P-00023.pdf... 

Hurricane crew members will be released to help their family members pack and escort them to the secure site (usually a major hotel away from the coast) plant management has selected. Hurricane crew members receive extra pay while performing hurricane duty. They are also given time to protect their personal property from hurricane damage. They should report back to the site within 16 hours ETL. 

The reactor option for land-based siting is shown in Fig. II-6. The integral reactor is placed inside the leak-tight containment, which in turn is located within the concrete shock-resistant structure together with the biological shielding and reactor unit components. This structure enhances physical protection of the reactor unit from external impacts such as airplane crash, hurricane, tsunami, unauthorized access, etc. 

The anticorrosion protection of offshore platforms subjected to difficult operating conditions is an especially responsible task. Apart from the continuous strongly corrosive interaction of sea water, periodical phenomena are also encountered, such as storms, earthquakes, hurricanes, pressure of ice floats, and other phenomena increasing the corrosion hazard. These interactions cause stress and fatigue corrosion and other forms of corrosion attack. In such conditions, special protective coating systems are applied to protect the objects, coupled with cathodic protection realized by the use of sacrificial anodes or an external power sup-... 

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