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Sample Resume : Equipment Failure

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2. Equipment failure The list of components in the process: • Buffer Tank • Evaporator • Condenser • Highly Active Storage Tank • Scrubber • Slug Lift • Steam ejector Through out the process there is a risk of explosion because of the ‘Highly Active Liquor’, (HAL) is self-heating. If not keep under controlled by providing cooling water, the temperature can start to increase causing it to boil and go critical, therefore the evaporator, condenser and HAST should be monitored with temperature sensors. Even though the buffer tank is not cooling the liquor its heating it up to maintain a temperature, therefore a temperature sensor is need which is connected to a temperature controller that can alter the feed input to the buffer tank. If the …show more content…

Also any in leakage of air could degrade the quality of the response of the scrubber, where it wouldn’t be efficient in cleaning the NOX, which can results in radioactive NOX being released into the environment, therefore the streams leaving to the environment should be monitored (INL, 2014). 1. Safety Issues This section will be discussing the plants safety through design not just for normal operations but also for a wide range of potential hazards. 1.1. Radiological Safety and Criticality Ionising radiation can occur natural, such as radioactivity decay of radon gas and its decay products as electromagnetic rays (gamma and X-rays) or particles (alpha and beta particles). This ionising radiation can also be produced artificially and exposure to the radioactive material can be extremely harmful to people by external exposure of gamma rays or internally by inhaling radioactive substance (HSE, 2014). In the UK, Public Health England has calculated that on average people are exposed to about 2.7mSv of radiation per year; this radiation comes from number of sources ranging from ‘Bag of Brazil nuts’ (0.005mSv) to a ‘CT scan of the chest’ (6.6 mSv) (Sellafield, 2014). The maximum annual radiological dose that people are allowed to receive is 20mSv. To achieve below this, a day-to-day monitoring service of the plants condition should be carried out reporting results. A dosimeter (Thermo Luminescent Dosimeter)

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