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Flixborough Revisited (The Chemical Engineer,
April 2005)
recalls that a Public Inquiry controversially claimed that the
explosion was due solely to a plant modification and describes the
alternative causation theory that is now widely accepted.
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Global
Environmental Issues (13th November 1990)
was the lead paper at a conference sponsored by the Irish
IChemE on "The Chemical Industry and the Environment".
It reviews the environmental issues of that time (all of
which are still with us today!), and outlines what will
be necessary to minimise the impact of the chemical
industry on the environment. |
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Caustic Layering - The Forgotten Hazard (The Chemical Engineer, pp25-8, 8th
October 1998). A process operator was blinded and
suffered chemical burns during cleaning of a batch
reactor with caustic soda. John Cox acted as the expert
witness, explaining how mixing different concentrations
of caustic solution can result in rapid boiling. His
expert opinion was unchallenged. |
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Sub-contractors' errors - who is
responsible? (The Chemical Engineer, pp20-21, Oct
2004) A road tanker was misdirected to the wrong
offloading point, resulting in £11million damage when it
was off-loaded. Who was responsible? This article reviews
some wider implications of the civil case brought by
Albright and Wilson after the explosion at Avonmouth in
1996. |
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