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The Buncefield Incident:
Investigation Board Report
Following the Vapour Cloud Explosions (VCE) at Buncefield, Hertfordshire, UK in 2005 there is a requirement for operators of bulk oil
storage facilities to ensure that all necessary measures are in place to
prevent a similar incident occurring at their sites.
The Board of the Buncefield Investigation
issued their final report in December 2008. While work is still underway to further
investigate the mechanism behind the explosion, there is now sufficient
information in place to allow operators to conduct assessments of the risk
of similar incidents at their facilities.
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The REACH Regulation
The European REACH
Regulation (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and restriction of Chemicals)
applies to all chemical substances which are manufactured, imported,
placed on the market or used within the European Union, either on their own, in a preparation or in an article.
The European Chemical
Agency has recently published a list of the pre-registered substances
under the REACH Regulation.
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