International Association for Hydrogen Safety

Archive for October, 2009

Costly safety testing requirements and safety concerns about 700 bar seem to be an obstacle in Japan. For details read http://www.businessgreen.com/business-green/news/2251306/japanese-laws-pose-roadblocks

Mr Schmidtchen found an interesting report of the European Court of Auditors on the effectiveness of NoE’s (and IP’s) under FP6. See http://eca.europa.eu/portal/pls/portal/docs/1/3074294.PDF and the recommendation 2 including the EC answer at the end.

Stuart Hawksworth, HSE, will present the NoE HySafe achievements at the Hazards XXI conference November 10th 2009 in Manchester. For the full program see http://www.icheme.org/hazardsxxi/.

Some recent minor leaks in US:

At US Boston University: http://www.dailyfreepress.com/second-hydrogen-alarm-sounds-in-a-week-1.1945071.

At US Washington refuelling station: http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/virginia/va_ap_leak_closes_dc_hydrogen_fuel_station_20091006

For your entertainment, this is what may happen with hydrogen researchers: http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/707234–why-a-towed-away-van-led-to-scarborough-evacuation

Regarding the EC activities there is (surprisingly?) not a word on safety on the next FCH JU General Assembly 26/27 October 2009  in Brussels; see http://ec.europa.eu/research/fch/pdf//stakeholders_general_assembly_2009_programme.pdf#view=fit&pagemode=none
Besides there is the research grouping assembly on Wednesday 28th October 2009. Let’s make sure HySafe is duly represented!