Post Conference Masterclass
27 June 2008, 9am – 5pm

SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE FOR HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL STORAGE

Led by: P.K. Ghosh, Former Director Industrial Plants Safety, Atomic Energy Regulatory Board, India

The storage and transfer of hazardous liquid chemicals creates the potential for leaks, spillages or accidental releases from tanks, pipes, flanges and pumps during the unloading and loading process. This may result in fires or explosions due to the combustible and flammable nature of chemicals. Storage tanks and terminals must adhere to international standards and guidelines for structural design integrity, operational performance and maintenance requirements to avoid what could be catastrophic situations.

Course Highlights:

• Safety issues in the bulk storage of chemicals: types of storage and layout of storage
• Design requirements for handling flammable chemicals: nature and volume of material stored
• Guidelines for storing toxic chemicals
• Handling of reactive chemicals
• Provisions for safety features for tank overfills, fire protection, metering and control of flow

About your Masterclass

P.K. Ghosh has a post graduate degree from McGill University, Canada. He joined BARC in 1972 and Atomic Energy Regulatory Board, India in 1990. He retired in the grade of Outstanding Scientist and as Director Industrial Plants Safety, Atomic Energy Regulatory Board in December, 2006. He was responsible for safety assessment of nuclear fuel cycle facilities of the Department of Atomic Energy and has carried out considerable work in industrial and fire safety in which he is a nationally acknowledged expert. He is an expert on risk analysis and for more than twenty five years carried out a number of risk analysis studies in process industries including an international study in industries in Trans Thane Creek area near Mumbai and in industries in Chembur and Raigad district of Maharashtra for Ministry of Environment, Government of India. The studies included Safety Audit and Consequence analysis. Because of his expertise in safety and environment he has been appointed Chairman and member of many committees on safety issues with respect to hazardous chemicals constituted by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board, Government of Maharashtra, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India and Mumbai High Court.

He was member of the State Appraisal Committee for siting of industries constituted by the Environment Department, Government of Maharashtra and member of State Crisis Committee for chemical accidents constituted by the Labour Department Government of Maharashtra. He has vast experience in working in international projects and has represented India in a number of technical & advisory committee meetings in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Vienna. He was appointed as Consultant to draft two manuals on “Safety from hazardous waste” and “Industrial radiography accidents” by IAEA. He has been the Chief Scientific Investigator for a Coordinated Research Project of IAEA on “Hazards arising out of wastes from electricity generating processes”. As Chairman of two Committees constituted by the Bureau of Indian Standards he was instrumental in drafting two Codes of Practice one on “Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment” (IS15656) and other on “Occupational Safety & Health Audit” (IS14489). He was member of Occupational Safety and Health and Chemical Hazard Committee of BIS and authored about thirty five papers on safety and environmental matters.